5.
Now winter it is come and past,
And a' the birds are biggin their nests,
But I'll flee high aboon them a',
And sing a sang for summer's sake.
c.
1.
As I gaed doun by yon hous-en,
Twa corbies there were sittand their lane.
21. O down beside yon new-faun birk.
31. His horse.
32. His hounds to bring the wild deer hame.
4.
O we'll sit on his bonnie breist-bane,
And we'll pyke out his bonnie grey een.
d.
11. walking forth.
12. the ither.