6

‘Gae hame, gae hame, you fause young man,

An tell your sister sorrow,

That her true-love John lies dead and gone

In the dowie dens o Yarrow.’

7

‘O father dear, I’ve dreamed a dream,

I’m feared it will prove sorrow;

I dreamed I was puin the heather-bells sweet

On the bonny braes o Yarrow.’