When she wi' her maidens sae merry shou'd hae been,30
When she wi' her maidens sae merry shou'd hae been,
She's called for a chamber to weep there her lane.
"Come to your bed, Jeanie, my honey and my sweet,
For to stile you mistress I do not think it meet."
"Mistress, or Jeanie, it is a' ane to me,35
It's in your bed, Salton, I never will be."
Then out spake her father, he spake wi' renown,
"Some of you that are maidens, ye'll loose aff her gown;
Some of you that are maidens, ye'll loose aff her gown,
And I'll mend the marriage wi' ten thousand crowns."40
Then ane of her maidens they loosed aff her gown,
But bonny Jeanie Gordon, she fell in a swoon;
She fell in a swoon low down by their knee;
Says, "Look on, I die for my love Auchanachie!"
That very same day Miss Jeanie did die,45
And hame came Auchanachie, hame frae the sea;
Her father and mither welcom'd him at the gate;
He said, "Where's Miss Jeanie, that she's nae here yet?"
Then forth came her maidens, all wringing their hands,
Saying, "Alas! for your staying sae lang frae the land:50
Sae lang frae the land, and sae lang fra the fleed,
They've wedded your Jeanie, and now she is dead!"
"Some of you, her maidens, take me by the hand,
And show me the chamber Miss Jeanie died in;"
He kiss'd her cold lips, which were colder than stane,55
And he died in the chamber that Jeanie died in.