o aye my wife she dang me

  chorus—o aye my wife she dang me,

  an' aft my wife she bang'd me,

  if ye gie a woman a' her will,

  gude faith! she'll soon o'er-gang ye.

  on peace an' rest my mind was bent,

  and, fool i was! i married;

  but never honest man's intent

  sane cursedly miscarried.

  o aye my wife, &c.

  some sairiefort at the last,

  when a' thir days are done, man,

  my pains o' hell on earth is past,

  i'm sure o' bliss aboon, man,

  o aye my wife, &c.