“It’s dowie in the hint o’ hairst.

At the wa’-gang o’ the swallow,

When the wind grows cauld, and the burns grow bauld,

An’ the wuds are hingin’ yellow;

But oh, it’s dowier far to see

The wa’-gang o’ her the heart gangs wi’,

The dead-set o’ a shinin’ e’e.

That darkens the weary warld on thee.

“There was meikle love atween us twa—

Oh, twa could ne’er be fonder;