An' her brother, wer now a-grow'd staïd,

An' the apple tree lower did droop.

Out in the orcha'd where we had a-plaÿ'd,

There wer zome things a-seemèn the seäme,

But Meäry's a-married awaÿ.

There wer two little childern a-zent,

Wi' a message to me, oh! so feaïr

As the mother that they did zoo ment,

When in childhood she plaÿ'd wi' me there.

Zoo they twold me that if I would come