Britten: Beware! Three Early Songs: No. 3, Epitaph. The Clerk - Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles

O that I had ne'er been married

I wad never had nae care

Now I've gotten wife an' weans

An' they cry crowdie evermair

Ance crowdie twice crowdie

Three times crowdie in a day

Gin ye crowdie ony mair

Ye'll crowdie a' my meal away

A' my meal away

Waefu' want and hunger fley me

Glowrin' by the hallan en'

Sair I fecht them at the door

But aye I'm eerie they come ben

Ance crowdie and

Ance crowdie and