Thanks for all these great contributions on this song. Being from SW Scotland I generally don't have too much difficulty with Scots dialect but the translations and associated discussions are helpful for all of us.

Just wonder if "when ower da wild water da homin did draw" is actually saying "when out of the wild water a body was drawn"? "homin" being as in "human"? (I'm no language dialect expert but it makes sense of the song.)

I do think it's "morning" as was stated previously rather than "mourning".

I look forward to learning it properly now :-)

Wendy Arrowsmith (aka Mrs Banjiman)