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It fell about the Martinmas time. and a gay time it was than When our gudewife had puddings to mak. and she boiled them in the pan.

The wind blew cauld frae north to south, and blew into the floor; Quoth our gudeman to our gudewife, "get up and bar the door"

My band is in my huss'f's skap gudeman, as ye may see, An' it shouldna be be barr'a this hunder year It's ne be barr'd for me.

They made a paction 'tween them twa They made it firm and sure, Wha'er should speak the foremost word would rise and bar the door.