"The snaw is whiter nor the milk,

And the down is safter nor the silk.

"Hunger is sharper nor a thorn,

And shame is louder nor a horn.

"The pies are greener nor the grass,

And Clootie's waur nor a woman was."

As sune as she the fiend did name,

Jennifer gentle an' rosemaree,

He flew awa' in a blazing flame,

As the doo flies owre the mulberry tree.