o haud your tongue, feirrie auld wife,

o haud your tongue, now nansie, o:

i've seen the day, and sae hae ye,

ye wad na ben sae donsie, o.

i've seen the day ye butter'd brose,

and cuddl'd te and early, o;

but downa-do's co o'er now,

and oh, i find it sairly, o!