Bleezin’ steady on ilka bane,

Wrigglin’ sinnen an’ twinin’ vein,

Or fleerin’ quick an’ gane again,

And the mair scunnersome the sicht

The mair for love and licht he’s fain

Till clear and chitterin’ and nesh

Move a’ the miseries o’ his flesh....

O lass, wha see’est me

As I daur hardly see,

I marvel that your bonny een