And fifty men to guard ye wi’, that weel their swords can draw;

Sae we’ll baith lie in ae bed, and ye’ll lie at the wa’.’

4.

‘Haud awa’ frae me, kind sir, I pray lat go my hand;

The supper-bell it will be rung, nae langer maun I stand.

My father he’ll na supper tak, gif I be miss’d awa’;

Sae I’ll na lie in your bed, at neither stock nor wa’.’

5.

‘O my name is Captain Wedderburn, my name I’ll ne’er deny,

And I command ten thousand men, upo’ yon mountains high.