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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCROGGAM, by ROBERT BURNS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a wife wonn'd in cockpen, scroggam
Last Line: Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking
First Line: There was a wife wonn'd in cockpen, scroggam
Last Line: Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking
There was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen, Scroggam;
She brew'd gude ale for gentlemen;
Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me,
Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum.
The gudewife's dochter fell in a fever, Scroggam;
The priest o' the parish he fell in anither;
Sing auld Cowl lay ye down by me,
Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum.
They laid the twa i' the bed thegither, Scroggam;
That the heat o' the tane might cool the tither;
Sing auld Cowl, lay ye down by me,
Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum.
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