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Now word came to Captain Ogilvie,
in the chamber where he lay,
To strip off the gold lace and scarlet,
and put on the single livery.
in the chamber where he lay,
To strip off the gold lace and scarlet,
and put on the single livery.
If this be for bonny Jeany Gordon,
this pennance I'll take wi',
If this be for my true love Jeany,
all this and more I'll dree.
this pennance I'll take wi',
If this be for my true love Jeany,
all this and more I'll dree.
Lady Jean had not been married,
a year but only three,
Till she had a babe in ev'ry arm,
and another upon her knee.
a year but only three,
Till she had a babe in ev'ry arm,
and another upon her knee.
O but I'm weary wandering,
O but my fortune is bad:
It sets not the Duke of Gordon's daughter,
to follow a soldier lad.
O but my fortune is bad:
It sets not the Duke of Gordon's daughter,
to follow a soldier lad.
O hold thy tongue bonny Jeany Gordon,
O hold thy tongue my lamb,
For once I was a noble Captain,
now for thy sake a single man.
O hold thy tongue my lamb,
For once I was a noble Captain,
now for thy sake a single man.
O high is the hills and the mountains,
cold is the frost and the snow,
Lady Jean's shoes they were all torn,
no further could she go.
cold is the frost and the snow,
Lady Jean's shoes they were all torn,
no further could she go.
