To catch an' drink it, bright an' cool,

A-vallèn light 'ithin the pool.

Zoo when, at last, I hung my head

Wi' thirsty lips a-burnèn dry,

I come bezide a river-bed

Where water flow'd so blue's the sky;

An' there I meäde me up

O' coltsvoot leaf a cup,

Where water vrom his lip o' gray,

Wer sweet to sip thik burnèn day.