The version sung in the West coast, Glasgow etc., was:

As I was walkin' doon the street,
I met wi' Johnny Scobie,
Says he tae me, 'Could ye go a hauf?'
Says I 'Man, that's my hobby'

CHORUS:
For we're no' awa' taw bide awa',
For we're no' awa' tae leave ye,
We're no' awa' tae bide awa'
We'll aye come back and see ye.

So he had a hauf an' I'd a hauf,
An' syne we had anither.
An' he got fu' an' I got fu'
An'we baith got fu' thegither.