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O pardon us honoured father!
O pardon they did say:
Lady Jeau is with Captain Ogilvie,
And from him she will not stay.
When he came to bonny Aberdeen,
And down upon the green,
There she did see Captain Ogilvie,
A training of his men.
O woe be to thee Captain Ogilvie!
An ill death thou shalt die,
For taking to thee my daughter,
High hanged shalt thou be.
The Duke of Gordon wrote a broad letter,
And sent it to the king,
To cause him hang brave Captain Ogilvie,
If ere he caused hang any man.
No I will not hang Captain Ogilvie,
For any offence that I see,
But I'll cause him to put off the scarlet,
And put on the single livery.
Now word came to Captain Ogilvie,
In the chamber where he lay,
To strip off the gold and scarlet,
And put on the single livery.
If this be for bonny Jeannie Gordon,
This penance I'll take wi',
If this be for bonuy Jeannie Gordon,
