This text comes from The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.
Syne to the Leglen wood when it was late,
To make a silent and a safe retreat.
"And melt into the li"Fade away,
"And melt into the light of common day;"
'His bonnet stood ance fu' fair on his brow,
His auld ane looked better than mony ane's new;
But now he let's wear ony gate it will hing,
And casts himsel' down upon the corn-bing.
'Oh, were we young as we ance hae been,
We sud hae been galloping down on yon green,
And linking it ower the lily-white lea—
And werena my heart light I wad die.'
"To mak a happy fireside clime
To weans and wife,
That's the true pathos and sublime
Of human life."