And one is for the true love—the heaviest of all—

That holds the pieces of a faith a careless hand let fall.

Black Sheep, Black Sheep,

Have you ought to say?

A word to each, my Master,

Ere I go my way.

A word unto my mother to bid her think o' me

Only as a little lad playing at her knee.

A word unto my tried friend to bid him see again

Two laughing lads in Springtime a-racing down the glen.