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When he came to bonny Aberdeen,
and lighted down on the green,
There he ſaw Captain Ogilvie
a training of his men.
O woe be to thee Captain Ogilvie,
and an ill death thou ſhalt die,
For taking to thee my daughter,
high hanged thou ſhalt be.
Duke of Gordon has wrote a broad letter,
and ſent it to the King,
To cauſe him hang the brave Captain Ogilvie,
if e’er he caus’d hang any man.
No, I will not hang Captain Ogilvie,
for any offence that I ſee,
But I’ll cauſe him put off the gold lace and ſcarlet,
and put on the ſingle livery.
Now ward came to brave Captain Ogilvie,
in his chamber where he lay,
To ſtrip off the broad lace and ſcarlet,
and put on the ſingle livery.
If this be for bonny Jenny Gordon,
this pennance I’ll take wi’;
If this be for bonny Jeany Gordon,
all this and more I’ll dree,
Lady Jean had not been married,
not a year but only three,
Till ſhe had a babe in every arm,
and another upon her knee.
O but I’m weary wandering,
O but my fortune is bad,
It ſets not thee Duke of Gordon’s daughter,
to follow a ſingle lad.
