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O where is your sister, maidens?
where is your sister now?
O where is your sister, maidens,
that she is not along with you?
where is your sister now?
O where is your sister, maidens,
that she is not along with you?
O pardon us, honoured father,
O pardon us they did say:
Lady Jean is with Captain Ogilvie,
and from him she will not stay.
O pardon us they did say:
Lady Jean is with Captain Ogilvie,
and from him she will not stay.
When he came to bonny Aberdeen.
and down upon the green,
There did he see Captain Ogilvie,
training his gallant men.
and down upon the green,
There did he see Captain Ogilvie,
training his gallant men.
O woe be to thee, Captain Ogilvie,
and an ill death shalt thou die,
For taking to thee, my daughter,
high hanged shalt thou be.
and an ill death shalt thou die,
For taking to thee, my daughter,
high hanged shalt thou be.
The Duke of Gordon wrote a letter,
and sent it to the king,
Desiring him to hang Captain Ogilvie,
if e'er he caused hang any man.
and sent it to the king,
Desiring him to hang Captain Ogilvie,
if e'er he caused hang any man.
Said the King, I'll not hang Captain Ogilvie,
for all the offence that I see;
But I'll cause him put off the scarlet,
and put on the single livery.
for all the offence that I see;
But I'll cause him put off the scarlet,
and put on the single livery.
