"I wot sweet company for to see.

"O cocks are crowing a merry mid-night,

"I wot the wild fowl are boding day;

"The psalms of heaven will soon be sung,

"And I, ere now, will be missed away."

Then she has ta'en a crystal wand,

And she has stroken her troth thereon;

She has given it him out at the shot-window,

Wi' mony a sad sigh, and heavy groan.

"I thank ye, Marg'ret; I thank ye, Marg'ret;