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Crum-mie's liTc, An" tak^ your atild cloak n - bout ye.
gra-fious end, Cac tak' your auld cloak a - bonl ye.
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My cloak was ance a glide grey cloak.
When it was fitting- for my wear,-
But now ifs scantly worfii a groat,
For I hae wom't this thtetfy year.
Let's spend Ihe gear that we hae v,<m.
We little ken the day \m''11 die;
Then I'll be proud, sin'l hae sworn
To hae a new cloak about me.
In days \\iien glide KingRobert rang.
His trews they cost but half-acroun;
He said they were a groat o'er dear,
An'ea'd the tailor thief and loun;
He was the king- that wore the croun,
An' thou'rt a man of laigh degree:
Its pride puts a' the country doun ;
Sae tak your auld cloak about ye.
Ilka l.ind has its ain lanch.
Ilk kind o' com has its ain hool:
I think the world is a' gane wrang,
When ilka v\ife her man wad rule:
Do ye no see Rob, Jock, and Hab,
Hfiwthcy arepirded gallantlie,
While I sit hurklin i' the neuk?
Ill hae a new cloak about me!
Gudeman. I wat its thretty yV,^.'
Sin' we did ane anither ken:
An' we hae had atwecn us tv,a
Of lads an' bonn'ie lasses ten:
Now they are women groA^n an" men,
I Mish an' pray weel may they be;
An' if you'd prove a gnde husband.
Een tak' your auld cloak about ye.
Hell, my wife, she lo'es nae strife,
Hut she would guide me. if she can;
An" to maintain an easy life,
I aft maun yield, though Im gudeman:
Noeht's to be won at womJiTi's ban".
Unless ye gi'e her a" the p1'a;
Tiitn Vll leave aff -where I began,
An tak"' mv auld cloak about me.