'Ae Hairst afore the Sherra-moor,
' I mind't as weel's yestreen,
'I was a gilpey then, I'm sure,
' I was na past fyfteen:
'The Simmer had been cauld an' wat,
' An' Stuff was unco green;
'An' ay a rantan Kirn we gat,
' An' just on Halloween
'It fell that night.