But ye’ll never steal awa my bonny Peggy.

3

‘O haud yer tongue, ye silly auld man,

For ye hae said eneugh already,

For I’ll never steal awa yer cows and yer ewes,

But I’ll steal awa yer bonny Peggy.’

4

So he mounted her on a milk-white steed,

Himsel upon a wee grey naigie,

And they hae ridden ower hill and dale,