Tail Todle

Tail todle, tail todle,Tammie gart my tail todleBut an' ben wi' diddle doddle,Tammie gart my tail todle.

Our gudewife held o'er to Fife,For to buy a coal riddle;Lang or she came back again,Tammie gart my tail todle.

Tail todle, &c.

When I'm dead I'm out o' date;When I'm sick I'm fu' o' trouble;When I'm weel I stap about,And Tammie gars my tail todle.

Tail todle, &c.

Jenny Jack she gae a plack,Helen Wallace gae a boddle;Quo' the bride, it's o'er littleFor to mend a broken doddle.

Tail todle, &c.