ROBIN RATTLES BASTARD.

Saw ye Jenny Nettles,
Jenny Nettles, Jenny Nettles,
Saw ye Jenny Nettles,
Coining frae the market ;
Bag and baggage on her back,
Her fee and bountith in her lap ;
Bag and baggage on her back,
And a babie in her oxter ?

I met her ayont the kairny,
Jenny Nettles, Jenny Nettles
Singing till her bonnie bairny,
Robia Rattle's bastard;
To flee the dool upo' stool,
And ilka ane that mocks her,
She round about seeks Robin out,
To stap it in his oxter.

Fy, fy ! Robin Rattle,
Robin Rattle Robin Rattle;
Fy, fy ! Robin Rattle,
Use Jenny Nettle kindly :
Score out the blame, and shun the shame.
And without mair debate o't.
Take hame your wean, make Jenny fane
The leel and leesome gate o't.

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Source: http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/14756/transcript/1
The song may be heard on Ewan MacColl's "Two-Way Trip".