Why is your coat sae fouled the day?
⁠And I wot I hae but anither."
"The steeds were stamping sair by the weary banks of clay,
⁠O dear mither."

"And where gat ye thae sleeves of red,
⁠My merry son, come tell me hither?
And where gat ye thae sleeves of red?
⁠And I wot I hae but anither."
"I have slain my ae brither by the weary water-head,
⁠O dear mither."

"And where will ye gang to mak your mend,
⁠My merry son, come tell me hither?
And where will ye gang to mak your mend?
⁠And I wot I hae not anither."
"The warldis way, to the warldis end,
⁠O dear mither."

"And what will ye leave your father dear,
⁠My merry son, come tell me hither?
And what will ye leave your father dear?
⁠And I wot I hae not anither."
"The wood to fell and the logs to bear,
For he'll never see my body mair,
⁠O dear mither."