When the hours o' night wer vew,

An' the zun, wi' eärly beams

Brighten'd streams, an' dried the dew,

An' the goocoo there did greet

Passers by wi' dousty veet.

There the milkmaïd hung her brow

By the cow, a-sheenèn red;

An' the dog, wi' upward looks,

Watch'd the rooks above his head,

An' the brook, vrom bow to bow,