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In Beith there lived a frail auld man,

His age was sixty-five an' ten,

Wha took a break, whan near his en’

that he wad gang an' marry :

The auld man there liv d in Beith.

The aged man that dwall't in Beith,

The deein' man that liv'd in Beith.

he wad gang try an' marry.

He lee'd an cheated pinched his wame,

Grew rich by mony a dirty scheme,

But he turned auld an' stiff an' lame,

Black crabbit an camstrary.

The rich auld man that liv'd in Beith,

The worthless man hat dwall t in Beith.

The crabbit man that dwall‘t in Beith,

wad fain gae try an marry.

He thought on Meg sae trig an douce,

To wash his claes an clean his house

That ne er a spider nor a louse,

in his abode might tarry,