Takk seeds o Nor East stock (twa)
Plunk them thegither
Simmer fur awhile.
Dinna byle (it tends tae spyle the flavour)
Add ae spirk o ile
A shakk o satty sea
A suppie cauld snaw bree
A guid Scots tongue tae gie it virr an birr
A toosht o barley
Fang o granite chukkies
A Finnan haddie
Fur nine month,let it staun …
Syne, wheek it up,
Skelp its dock
Rowe't in a cloot
Cowp it frae the pan
An there ye'll hae't
A fire-new Aiberdonian!