And the wind wears owre the heather.

He's cast it forth of his auld faint hand;

Sweet fruits are sair to gather:

And the red blood ran on the wan wet sand,

And the wind wears owre the heather.

"O whatten a slayer is this," they said,

(Sweet fruits are sair to gather)

"That the straik of his hand should raise his

dead?"

And the wind wears owre the heather.