| lyric | 1. There was a wee lassie awfy thin,
A bundle o’ bones wrapped up in skin,
Now she’s gettin’ wee double chin,
Wi’ eatinn’ sugar candy.
Ref.: Ally bally, ally bally bee,
Sittin’ on your mammy’s knee,
Greetin’ for another bawbee
To buy some sugar candy.
2 Poor wee Annie’s greetin’ too,
What can her poor mammy do,
But gi’e them a penny between them two,
To buy some sugar candy?
3. ’Mammy, gi’e’s my banky doon,
Here’s auld Coo’ter comin’ roon’,
Wi’ his basket on his croon
An’ sellin’ sugar candy.’
4. ’Dinna you greet, my wee babby,
You know your daddy’s gone to sea,
Earnin’ pennies for you and me
To buy some sugar candy.’ |