That her sons she'd never see.

4. "I wish the wind may never cease,

Nor fashes[119] in the flood,

Till my three sons come hame to me,

In earthly flesh and blood."

5. It fell about the Martinmass[120],

When nights are lang and mirk,

The carlin wife's three sons came hame,

And their hats were o' the birk[121].

6. It neither grew in syke[122] nor ditch,