wir een

aabody wes greetin

(I wes tryin no tae)

wir faces aa weet
wi the burns an strins
o thir flittin, wir nebs
hauden prood abuin

quhit wye can we thole it?
acause we maun.

hearken til me, brither -
ye maun be sauf, ayewis

wir een wes aa wattery,
wir herts breuken apen,
as

we stuid there, leukin,
as he drave awa i the
dreepin weet o the
dreich hairst efterneen.
it wes aa cloods abuin,
an mirk.

he gaed awa, an it maun be
tholit. we kent he wid dae it,
an noo he's daein it, an it maun
be tholit.

yer da wull keep yer mam,
an I'll see tae yer sister

juist be aye sauf, brither
an we'll keep wirsels sauf
fur ye, tae

bit ye maun come hame
aften

we maun dae whit we maun dae,
an ye maun dae whit ye maun,
an ye maun come hame aften