I’m no’ like Burns, and weel I ken,

Tho’ ony wench can ser’,

It’s no’ through mony but through yin

That ony man wuns fer....

I weddit thee frae fause love, lass,

To free thee and to free mysel’;

But man and wumman tied for life

True can be and truth can tell.

Pit ony couple in a knot

They canna lowse and needna try,