Syne coziely, aboon the door, [Then, above]
Wi' cannie care they've plac'd them [cautious]
To lie that night.

The lasses staw frae 'mang them a' [stole]
To pou their stalks o' corn;[9]
But Rab slips out, an' jinks about, [dodges]
Behint the muckle thorn:
He grippit Nelly hard an' fast;
Loud skirled a' the lasses; [squealed]
But her tap-pickle maist was lost, [almost]
When kiutlin' i' the fause-house[10] [cuddling]
Wi' him that night.

The auld guidwife's well-hoordit nits[11] [well-hoarded nuts]
Are round an' round divided,
An' mony lads' an' lasses' fates
Are there that night decided:
Some kindle, couthie, side by side, [comfortably]
An' burn thegither trimly;
Some start awa, wi' saucy pride,
An' jump out-owre the chimlie [out of the chimney]
Fu' high that night.

Jean slips in twa, wi' tentie e'e; [watchful]
Wha 'twas, she wadna tell;
But this is _Jock_, an' this is _me_,
She says in to hersel: [whispers]
He bleez'd owre her, an' she owre him, [blazed]
As they wad never mair part;