The wearifu gaberlunyie-man.’

Some rade upo horse, some ran a-fit,

The wife was wood and out o’er wit;

She coud na gang, nor yet coud she sit,

But ay she cursd and she band.

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Mean time far hind outoer the lee,

Fou snug in a glen, where nane coud see,

The twa, with kindly sport and glee,

Cut frae a new cheese a whang.