How Can I Keep my Maidenhead

How can I keep my maidenhead,My maidenhead, my maidenhead;How can I keep my maidenhead,Among sae mony men, O.

The captain bad a guinea for't,A guinea for't, a guinea for't;The captain bad a guinea for't,The colonel he bad ten, O.

But I'll do as my minnie did,My minnie did, my minnie did;But I'll do as my minnie did,For siller I'll hae nane, O.

I'll gie it to a bonie lad,A bonie lad, a bonie lad;I'll gie it to a bonie lad,For just as gude again, O.

An auld moulie maidenhead,A maidenhead, a maidenhead;An auld moulie maidenhead,The weary wark I ken, O.

The stretchin' o't, the strivin' o't,The borin' o't, the rivin' o't,And ay the double drivin' o't,The farther ye gang ben, O.