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"Why should I sit and sigh, Pu'in' bracken, pu'in' bracken, Why should I sit and sigh, On the hill-side dreary When I see the plover rising, Or the curlew wheeling, Then I know my mortal lover Back to me is stealing.
Ye wad be thinkin' ye was i' yer bed whan ye was i' the mids' o' the middin', or pu'in' the blankets o' the denk dub ower yer heid! Lord! my lord, yet micht set the hoose o' fire, an' burn a', baith stable an' byre, an' horses an' cairts, an' cairt-sheds, an' hiz a' to white aisse in oor nakit beds!" "Hold your outlandish gibberish," returned his lordship. "Go and fetch me some whisky.
I canna see why Miss Reston, wi' a' her faculties aboot her, needs you hingin' round her. Mercy me, what's to hinder her pu'in ribbons through her ain underclothes, if ribbons are necessary, which they're not. There's Mrs.
'But ye see, Francie, she went on, 'yer father, whan he left ye a kin' o' a legacy, as ye may ca' 't, to mine, hed no intention that I was to be left oot; neither had my father whan he acceppit o' 't! 'Haud yer tongue and hearken, returned Kirsty. 'Sakes, lassie! what are ye haverin at? Wud it be pu'in agen yer father to merry me? 'It wud be that. 'I dinna see hoo ye can mak it oot!
When the day wears away Sad I look adown the valley, Every sound heard around Sets my heart a-thrilling, Why should I sit and sigh, Pu'in' bracken, pu'in' bracken, Why should I sit and sigh All alone and weary! Ah, but there is something wanting, Oh but I am weary! Come, my true and tender lover, O'er the hills to cheer me!
Why should I sit and sigh, Pu'in' bracken, pu'in' bracken, Why should I sit and sigh, All alone and weary!" I had scarcely finished the last verse when Captain Derrick suddenly appeared at the door of the saloon in a great state of excitement. "Come out, Mr. Harland!" he almost shouted "Come quickly, all of you! There's that strange yacht again!"