Can ye Labour Lea, Young Man?

O can ye labour lea, young man?O can ye labour lea?Gae back the road ye came again,Ye ne'er shall scorn me.

I fee'd a man at Martinmas,Wi' arle pennies three,But a' the faut I had to him,He couldna labour lea.

O can ye, &c.

A stibble rig is easy ploughed,And fallow land is free,But what a silly coof is he,That couldna labour lea.

O can ye, &c.

The bonny bush and benty knowe,The ploughman points his sock in,He sheds the roughness, lays it by.And bauldly ploughs his yoking.

O can ye, &c.