I strove to speak to him, but away quite he flew,
My heart it went with him, and his bonnet so blue.
She says, "My dear laddie, I'll buy your discharge,
I'll free you from the soldiers and set you at large;
I'll free you from the soldiers, if your heart be true,
And you'll ne'er wear a stain on that bonnet so blue."
He says, "My dear lady, you'll buy my discharge,
You'll free me from the soldiers and set me at large;
For your kind offer I'm obliged to you,
And I'll ne'er wear a stain on that bonnet so blue.