Up the Raw, down the Raw,
Up the Raw, lass, ev'ry day,
For shape and colour, ma bonny hinny,
Thou bangs thy mother, ma canny bairn.

Black as a craw, ma bonny hinny,
Thou bangs them a', lass, ev'ry day,
Thou's a' clag candy, ma bonny hinny,
Thou's double japanded, my canny bairn.

Up the Raw, etc.

For hide an hue, ma, bonny hinny,
Thou bangs the crew, ma canny bairn,
Up the Raw, maw bonny hinny,
Thou bangs them a', ma canny bairn.

Up the Raw, etc.

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Source: Bruce and Stokoe, Northumbrian Minstrelsy, Newcastle-Upon Tyne, 1882 (reissued Llanerch)

Notes:
There a a number of discrepancies between the lyrics as supplied and those written alongside the music. 'Down the Raw' in the lyrics appears as another 'up the Raw' in the music, 'candy' becomes 'candied', 'every' becomes 'ivry' and so forth.

Roud: 3155 (Search Roud index at VWML)
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