(Adapted from Jute Mill Song)

Oh dear me, the mills gaen fast,
The peer wee shifters canna get nae rest;
Shiftin’ bobbins, coorse and fine,
They fairly mak ye wark fir yer ten and nine.

Oh dear me, I wish the day wis done,
Rinnin up an doon the pass is nae muckle  fun;
Shiftin, piecin, spinnin – warp, weft and twine,
Tae feed an claith ma bairnies affen ten and nine.

Chorus:
Oh dear me, the mills gaen fast,
The peer wee shifters canna get nae rest;
Shiftin bobbins coorse and fine,
They fairly mak ye wark fir yer ten and nine.

O dear me, the warld’s ill divided,
Them that warks the hardest are the least provided;
But I maun bide contented, dark days or fine,
3X There’s no much pleisure livin affen ten and nine.