Twa Heids are Better than Yin

1. Och weel dae I mind 
in the days o' lang syne,
When I wis a laddie sae wee,
If ever I'd gand tae dae onything wrang
Ma mither wid lecture tae me,
She'd say tae me, "Bairn 
stay awa' frae the wimmin,
Or ye'll rue it the day ye begin."
So I never thocht twice aboot tak'n advice
For twa heids are better than yin!

2. But me being young, 
all my wantin' was spun,
So the first thing that I look'd for
was a wife.
And I found a wee tart 
wi' a wee warm heart
Tae sew on my buttons for life.
I called her my one 
and my wee currant bun
And I tickled her under the chin,
And she'd say to me, lad, 
will ye nae mair gad,
For Twa heids are better than yin.

3. Last Saturday night, 
mon, I got such a fright
That I nearly jumped oot o' my skin,
For as sure as I'm here, 
my wee wife, I declare,
She gae me a present o' twins!
Says I tae her, Jean, 
tell me what do ye mean?
It's a terrible thing that ye done!
But she cried it out loud, 
"Mon, ye ought tae be proud,
For twa heids are better than yin!"


A rather humorous Scottish tale of some advice given by a mother and a wife.  "Two Heads are Better than One" would the English "translation".  Best known from the arrangement recorded and sung by Jimmy McGregor.