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"TODLEN BUTT, AND TODLEN BEN" by ANONYMOUS

First Line: WHEN I'VE A SAXPENCE UNDER MY THUMB
Last Line: WHEN ROUND AS A NEEP YOU COME TODLEN HAME
Subject(s): DRINKS & DRINKING;
When I've a saxpence under my thumb,
Then I'll get credit in ilka town:
But ay when I'm poor they bid me gang by;
Poverty parts good company!
@3Todlen hame, todlen hame,
Couldna my loove come todlen hame@1?

Fair fa' the goodwife, and send her good sale,
She gies us white bannocks to drink her ale,
Syne if her tippony chance to be sma',
We'll tak a good scour o't, and ca't awa'.
@3Todlen hame, todlen hame,
As round as a neep come todlen hame@1.

My kimmer and I lay down to sleep,
And twa pint stoups at our bed's feet;
And ay when we waken'd we drank them dry:
What think ye o' my wee kimmer and I?
@3Todlen butt, and todlen ben,
Sae round as my loove comes todlen hame@1.

Leeze me on liquor, my todlen dow,
Ye're ay sae good humour'd when weeting your mou;
When sober sae sour, ye'll fight with a flee,
That 'tis a blythe sight to the bairns and me,
@3When todlen hame, todlen hame,
When round as a neep you come todlen hame@1.



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