An' let them wander at their will;

So may his flock increase, an' grow

To scores o' lambs, an' packs o' woo'! wool

‘Tell him he was a Master kin',

An' aye was guid to me an' mine;

An' now my dying charge I gie him, give

My helpless lambs, I trust them wi' him.

‘O bid him save their harmless lives

Frae dogs, an' tods, an' butchers' knives! foxes

But gie them guid cow-milk their fill,