"I'll follow you oure moss and muir,
I'll follow you oure mountains many,
I'll follow you through frost and snaw,
I'll stay na langer wi' my daddie."20
He set her on a gude brown steed,
Himself upon a gude grey naigie;
They're oure hills, and oure dales,
And he's awa wi' his bonnie Peggy.
As they rade out by Glasgow toun,25
And doun by the hills o' Achildounie,
There they met the Earl of Hume,
And his auld son, riding bonnie.
Out bespak the Earl of Hume,
And O but he spak wondrous sorry,—30
"The bonniest lass about a' Glasgow toun,
This day is awa wi' a hieland laddie."
As they rade bye auld Drymen toun,
The lassies leuch and lookit saucy,
That the bonniest lass they ever saw,35
Sud be riding awa wi' a hieland laddie.
They rode on through moss and muir,
And so did they owre mountains many,
Until they cam to yonder glen,
And she's lain doun wi' her hieland laddie.40
Gude green hay was Peggy's bed,
And brakens war her blankets bonnie;
Wi' his tartan plaid aneath her head,
And she's lain doun wi' her hieland laddie.
"There's beds and bowsters in my father's house,45
There's sheets and blankets, and a' thing ready,
And wadna they be angry wi' me,
To see me lie sae wi' a hieland laddie."
"Tho' there's beds and beddin in your father's house,
Sheets and blankets and a' made ready,50
Yet why sud they be angry wi' thee,
Though I be but a hieland laddie?