Wae’s me that I eer saw thee!’

‘Yestreen ye were your daddie’s dow,

But an your mammie’s dawtie;

But gin ye gang wi bairn to me,

Ye may rue that eer ye saw me.

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‘O turn back, my bonny lass,

And turn back, my dearie;

For the Highland hills are ill to climb,

And the bluidy swords woud fear ye.’