By road and river, by field and flood,
Just for a year and a day.”
Out and away to the world he went,
By road and river and sea.
Oh, man of the road, is your heart content?
Will ’e never come back to me?
(She goes and looks at the children and sees that they are asleep)
Oh, man of the road, is your heart content?
Will ’e never come back to me?
(While she sings, the firelight dies down and the light of the candle loses its warmth. Outside is a sound of rising wind, and the soft lash of snow against the pane. She goes and looks out of window)