He cam' unto a widow's door,
And speird[143] whare her three dochters were.
"The auldest ane's to a washing gane,
The second's to a baking gane."
"The youngest ane's to a wedding gane,
And it will be nicht or[144] she be hame."
He sat him doun upon a stane,
Till thir three lasses cam' tripping hame.
The auldest ane she let him in,
And pinned the door wi' a siller pin.