A burn was clear, a glen was green,

Upon the banks they eased their shanks,

And aye she set the wheel between:

But Duncan swore a haly aith, holy oath

That Meg should be a bride the morn;

Then Meg took up her spinnin' graith, implements

And flung them a' out o'er the burn. across

We will big a wee, wee house, build

And we will live like King and Queen,