the deuks dang o'er my daddie

the bairns gat out wi' an unco shout,

the deuks dang o'er my daddie, o!

the fien-ma-care, quo' the feirrie auld wife,

he was but a paidlin' body, o!

he paidles out, and he paidles in,

rn' he paidles late and early, o!

this seven lang years i hae lien by his side,

an' he is but a fusionless carlie, o.