Wolfgang - I'm not sure if this is a resurrection of an old thread or a new one, so pardon me if I repeat someone, but another version, recorded by the Clutha, has verse 3. something like: "Could hae got me the merchant in yonder toon, But all his gear it wisna worth a groat." Then your verse 4 went: "I could hae got me the miller doon in yonder mill, But, oh, the stour (dust) it wud hae garred me ill." (An early recognition of air pollution). Then there's: "I could hae got me the gardener by yonder tree, But, ach, the smell o' thyme, it sickened me"...I agree, it's a tremendous song, especially when sung slowly with loads of people to harmonize. And what a chorus. Yeehaa!