 An alternative version as told by locals;

"Semerwater rise, Semerwater sink,
drown all the people In the village
except for this house which gave me meat".And as soon as this was said, the waters of the lake rose up and flooded the village, drowning the proud inhabitants and leaving only the hovel of the poor couple on the hillside unscathed.The legend was the subject of a poem, "The Ballad of Semerwater", by Sir William Watson.