Or by baron of high degree,
I’se mak it sure, upon my word,
His life suld hae gane for Young Logie.
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‘But since it is my gracious queen,
A hearty pardon we will gie,
An for her sake we’ll free the loon,
The rantin young laird o Logie.’
E
Motherwell’s Minstrelsy, p. 56, the third stanza; from recitation.