Her Answer
her answer o tell na me o' wind an' rain, upbraid na me wi' cauld disdain, gae back the gate ye cam again, i win ye in, jo. chorus—i tell you now this ae night, this ae, ae, ae night; and ance for a' this ae night, i win ye in, jo. the s blast, at mirkest hours, that round the pathless wand'rer pours is nocht to oor she endures, that's trusted faithless man, jo. i tell you now, c. the sweetest flower that deck'd the mead, now trodden like the vilest weed— let simple maid the lesson read the weird may be her ain, jo. i tell you now, c. the bird that charm'd his summer day, is now the cruel fowler's prey; let witless, trusting, woman say how aft her fate's the same, jo! i tell you now, c.