"Where fain, fain, I wad sleep?"

"There's nae room at my head, Marg'ret,

"There's nae room at my feet;

"My bed it is full lowly now:

"Amang the hungry worms I sleep.

"Cauld mould is my covering now,

"But and my winding-sheet;

"The dew it falls nae sooner down,

"Than my resting-place is weet.

"But plait a wand o' bonnie birk,