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,