Simmer's a pleasant time,
Flow'rs of ev'ry colour;
The water rins o'er the heugh, [crag]
And I long for my true lover.

Ay waukin O, [waking]
Waukin still and wearie:
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my dearie.

When I sleep I dream,
When I wauk I'm eerie; [superstitiously afraid]
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my dearie.

Lanely night comes on,
A' the lave are sleeping; [rest]
I think on my bonnie lad
And I bleer my een with greetin'. [eyes, weeping]


WHISTLE, AND I'LL COME TO YE, MY LAD

O whistle, and I'll come to ye, my lad;
O whistle, and I'll come to ye, my lad:
Tho' father and mither and a' should gae mad,
O whistle, and I'll come to ye, my lad.

But warily tent, when ye come to court me, [take care]