In the stillness o' the night.

An' there, at evenèn, I do goo

A-hoppèn over geätes an' bars,

By twinklèn light o' winter stars,

When snow do clumper to my shoe;

An' zometimes we do slyly catch

A chat an hour upon the stratch,

An' peärt wi' whispers at the hatch

In the stillness o' the night.

An' zometimes she do goo to zome