O when he had the letter read,

An angry man was he;

He says, “Glenlion, thou shalt rue

This deed of villany!

“O saddle to me the black, the black,

O saddle to me the brown,

O saddle to me the swiftest steed

That eer rade frae the town.

“And arm ye well, my merry men a’,

And follow me to the glen,