What will I do gin my Hoggie die?My joy, my pride, my Hoggie!My only beast, I had nae mae,And vow but I was vogie!The lee-lang night we watch’d the fauld,Me and my faithfu’ doggie;We heard nocht but the roaring linn,Amang the braes sae scroggie.
But the houlet cry’d frau the castle wa’,The blitter frae the boggie;The tod reply’d upon the hill,I trembled for my Hoggie.When day did daw, and cocks did craw,The morning it was foggie;An unco tyke, lap o’er the dyke,And maist has kill’d my Hoggie!