‘Gae hame, gae hame, gae hame, brother,

Gae hame and lie with yer wife;

And I wish that the first news I may hear

That she has tane your life.

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‘Gae hame, gae hame, sister,’ she says,

‘Gae hame and sew yer seam;

I wish that the needle-point may break,

And the craws pyke out yer een.’