"I will not hang Captain Ogilvie,
For no lord that I see;
But I'll cause him to put off the lace and scarlet,
And put on the single livery."
Word came to Captain Ogilvie,45
In the chamber where he lay,
To cast off the gold lace and scarlet,
And put on the single livery.
"If this be for bonny Jeany Gordon,
This pennance I'll take wi';50
If this be bonny Jeany Gordon,
All this I will dree."
Lady Jean had not been married,
Not a year but three,
Till she had a babe in every arm,55
Another upon her knee.
"O but I'm weary of wandering!
O but my fortune is bad!
It sets not the duke of Gordon's daughter
To follow a soldier lad.60
"O but I'm weary of wandering!
O but I think lang!
It sets not the duke of Gordon's daughter,
To follow a single man."
When they came to the Highland hills,65
Cold was the frost and snow;
Lady Jean's shoes they were all torn,
No farther could she go.
"O wo to the hills and the mountains!
Wo to the wind and the rain!70
My feet is sore with going barefoot,
No further am I able to gang.
"Wo to the hills and the mountains!
Wo to the frost and the snow!
My feet is sore with going barefoot,75
No farther am I able for to go.