Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 368. Song—Scroggam, my dearie |
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| THERE was a wife wonn’d in Cockpen, | |
| Scroggam; | |
| She brew’d gude ale for gentlemen; | |
| Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me, | |
| Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum. | 5 |
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| The gudewife’s dochter fell in a fever, | |
| Scroggam; | |
| The priest o’ the parish he fell in anither; | |
| Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me, | |
| Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum. | 10 |
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| They laid the twa i’ the bed thegither, | |
| Scroggam; | |
| That the heat o’ the tane might cool the tither; | |
| Sing auld Cowl, lay ye down by me, | |
| Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum. | 15 |
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