Sae late in-to the night;
And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys,
Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
He wad neither ly in barn, nor yet wad he in byre;
But in ahint[1064] the ha’ door, or else afore the fire.
And we’ll gang nae mair, &c.
The beggar’s bed was made at e’en wi’ good clean straw and hay,
And in ahint the ha’ door, and there the beggar lay.
And we’ll gang nae mair, &c.
Up raise the goodman’s dochter and for to bar the door,