‘O cheer up, my dochter, for I’ll gie ye my hand
That ye’se get young Glenforbar, w’ an earldom of land.
6
‘O cheer up, my dochter, turn ance frae the wa,
And ye’ll get Glenforbar, the flowr o them a’:’
‘I wad rather tak Glenlogie wi his staff in his hand
Afore I wad tak Glenforbar wi an earldom of land.’
7
Jeanie’s father was a scholar, and a man o grit wit,
And he wrote him a letter, he thought it was fit.