And are ye there sae rarely?

Gin ye had bowed when first I bade,

I never wad hae plunderd bonnie Airly.’

6

‘But gin my guid lord had been at hame,

As he is wi Prince Charlie,

There durst not a rebel on a’ Scotch ground

Set a foot on the bonnie green of Airly.

7

‘But ye’ll tak me by the milk-white hand,