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There was a wee cooper who lived in Fife, |
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And he has gotten a gentle wife. |
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She wadna bake, nor she wadna brew, |
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For the spoiling o her comely hue. |
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She wadna card, nor she wadna spin, |
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For the shaming o her gentle kin. |
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She wadna wash, nor she wadna wring, |
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For the spoiling o her gouden ring. |
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The cooper’s awa to his woo-pack |
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And has laid a sheep-skin on his wife’s back. |
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’It’s I’ll no thrash ye, for your proud kin, |
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But I will thrash my ain sheep-skin.’ |
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’Of, I will bake, and I will brew, |
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And never mair think on my comely hue. |
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’Oh, I will card, and I will spin, |
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And never mair think on my gentle kin. |
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’Oh, I will wash, and I will wring, |
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And never mair think on my gouden ring.’ |
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A’ ye wha hae gotten a gentle wife |
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Send ye for the wee cooper o Fife. |
