In David Herd's Scots Songs, 1776 (also in Herd's MSS, and as Child ballad #274). No earlier copy has yet been discovered, in spite of considerable effort to do so. Herd gave no music nor did he indicate a tune. David Clarke, musical editor of SMM, and Johnson the engraver and publisher didn't know the tune, but heard of a man in Edinburgh, a Mr. Geikie, who sang the song. They visited Mr. Geikie, and recovered the tune, and gave it as SMM #454 (1797). They also got some corrections to Herd's text, and for that reason I give here the SMM text.

1. Our goodman came hame at e'en,
  And hame came he;
And then he saw a saddle-horse,
  Where nae horse should be.
O how came this horse here?
  How can this be?
How came this horse here,
  Without the leave o' me?
      A horse! quo' she:
      Ay, a horse, quo' he.
Ye auld blind dotard carle,
  Blind mat ye be,
'Tis naething but a bonny milk cow,
  My minny sent to me.
      A milk cow! quo' he:
      Ay, a milk cow, quo' she.
Far hae I ridden,
  And meikle hae I seen,
But a saddle on a cows back
  Saw I never nane.

2. Our goodman came hame at e'en,
  And hame came he;
He spy'd a pair of jackboots,
  Where nae boots should be.
What's this now goodwife?
  What's this I see?
How came these boots there
  Without the leave o' me?
      Boots! quo' she:
      Ay, boots, quo' he.
Shame fa' your cuckold face,
  And ill mat ye see,
It's but a pair of water stoups
  The cooper sent to me.
      Water stoups! quo' he:
      Ay, water stoups, quo' she.
Far hae I ridden,
  And farer hae I gane,
But siller spurs on water stoups
  Saw I never nane.

3. Our goodman came hame at e'en,
  And hame came he;
And then he saw a [siller] sword,
  Where a sword should nae be.
What's this now goodwife?
  What's this I see?
O how came this sword here,
  Without the leave o' me?
      A sword! quo' she:
      Ay, a sword, quo' he.
Shame fa' your cuckold face,
  And ill mat you see,
It's but a parridge spurtle
  My minnie sent to me.
      [A parridge spurtle! quo' he:
      Ay, a parridge spurtle, quo' she.]
Weil, far hae I ridden,
  And muckle hae I seen;
But siller handed [parridge] spurtles
  Saw I never nane.

4. Our goodman came hame at e'en,
  And hame came he;
There he spy'd a powder'd wig,
  Where nae wig should be.
What's this now goodwife?
  What's this I see?
How came this wig here
  Without the leave o' me?
      A wig! quo' she:
      Ay, a wig, quo' he.
Shame fa' your cuckold face,
  And ill mat you see,
'Tis naething but a clocken hen
  My minnie sent to me.
      [A] clocken hen! quo' he:
      Ay, a clocken hen, quo' she.
Far hae I ridden,
  And muckle hae I seen,
But powder on a clocken-hen,
  Saw I never nane.

5. Our goodman came hame at e'en,
  And hame came he;
And there he saw a muckle coat,
  Where nae coat shou'd be.
O how came this coat here?
  How can this be?
How came this coat here
  Without the leave o' me?
      A coat! quo' she:
      Ay, a coat, quo' he.
Ye auld blind dotard carl,
  Blind mat ye be,
It's but a pair of blankets
  My minnie sent to me.
      Blankets! quo' he:
      Ay, blankets, quo' she.
Far hae I ridden,
  And muckle hae I seen,
But buttons upon blankets
  Saw I never nane.

6. Ben went our goodman,
  And ben went he;
And there he spy'd a sturdy man,
  Where nae man should be.
How came this man here?
  How can this be?
How came this man here
  Without the leave o' me?
      A man! quo' she:
      Ay, a man, quo' he.
Poor blind body,
  And blinder mat ye be,
It's a new milking maid,
  My mither sent to me.
      A maid! quo' he:
      Ay, a maid, quo' she.
Far hae I ridden,
  And muckle hae I seen,
But lang-bearded maidens
  Saw I never nane.

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T:Our Goodman came hame at e'en. &c
S:Scots Musical Museum, #454
Q:160
L:1/8
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