The wife at hame sits dowie and wae;
An’, Elder, I maunna bide i’ the toune,
An’ I kenna how to gae.
It saw’d on my rigs or the drouchts cam on,
It milk’d i’ my byre or my kye did dee;
It follows me aye wharevir I gang,
An’ I see it now though ye canna see.”
“Gin it follows ye aye wharevir ye gang,
There’s anither Jamie that follows ye too;
An’ gin that ye nevir wrangit the dead,