And aye the o’erword o’ the sang

Was—“Your love can no win here.”

“Feast on, feast on, my maidens a’,

The wine flows you amang,

While I gang to my shot-window,

And hear yon bonny bird’s sang.

“Sing on, sing on, my bonny bird,

The sang ye sung yestreen;

For weel I ken, by your sweet singing,

Ye are frae my true love sen.”