[Verse 1]
The heather will fade
Aye, bracken will die
Streams will run cold and clear
Aye, the small birds they'll be goin'
For it's then that you'll be knowin'
That the terror time is here

[Verse 2]
The woods give no shelter
Aw the trees they are bare
Snows lying all around
Oh, the young children are cryin'
For the bed on which they're lyin'
Is frozen to the ground

[Verse 3]
And when you need the warmth
Of your own human kind
You go near a town and then
Oh, the sight of you is offendin'
The police they soon are sendin'
And you're on the road again

[Verse 4]
Whaur will ye gang, aye
And whit will ye dae?
Now that the work's aw done
And the fairmer doesnae need ye
And the Cooncil winna feed ye
And you're on the road again
[Verse 1]
The heather will fade
Aye, bracken will die
The streams will run cold and clear
Aye, the small birds they'll be goin'
For it's then that you'll be knowin'
That the terror time is here