Just came across this thread while looking for some info on "Maggie Cockabendie" which I sang last night at Falkirk folk Club - I learned my version (below) in 1983 when a member of The Sair Heidies in Lossiemouth. I don't recall when we found the words. The tune seems to date from the 1700s.

Maggie Cockabendie


Oh she's my.....
Peerie weerie winkle, my jeey and my jam
My fairy my canary, my bonnie wee bit lamb
She's my wee bit bunch o' sooracks, my laughin' cockatoo
And I am Maggie Cockabendie's cock-a-doodle-doo

Oh Maggie cockabendie, is the lass that I admire
Her looks sae fair, her curly hair, to set my hert on fire
Oh Maggie tak's the biscuit, an' maggie tak's the bun
Maybe I'll gie her bairdie on the staircase jist for fun

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For she's my....

Od Maggie Cockabendie is the aiple o' my een
Her coothy weys, her kindly eyes, the best you've ever seen
Oh Maggie tak's the biscuit, an' Maggie tak's the cake
She's the only girl I want tae see, in the mornin' when I wake

Ch
For she's my...

Oh Maggie Cockabendie is the lass tae be my wife
Tae warm my slippers, wash my nippers, set me richt for life
ForMaggie kens the richt wey, tae sap my porridge oats
I'll never sow my wild anes, for ah'm burnin' a' my boats

Ch
For she's my....