‘Go saddle to me the black horse,
And you’ll ride on the grey,
And I will gang to bonny Aberdeen
Forthwith to bring her away.’
V
They were not a mile from Aberdeen,
A mile but only one,
Till he met with his two daughters,
But awa’ was Lady Jean.
VI
‘Where is your sister, maidens?
Where is your sister now?
Say, what is become of your sister,
That she is not walking with you?’
VII
‘O pardon us, honour’d father,
O pardon us!’ they did say;
‘Lady Jean is wed with Captain Ogilvie,
And from him she will not stay.’
VIII
[Then an angry man the Duke rade on]
Till he came to bonny Aberdeen,
And there did he see brave Captain Ogilvie
A-training of his men on the green.