The Book of Scottish Song/Lewis Gordon

Lewis Gordon.

[A production of Dr. Alexander Geddes. The Lewis Gordon alluded to was third son to the duke of Gordon. He declared for prince Charles on the rising in 1745, and was afterwards attainted, but escaped to France, where he died in 1754.]

O send Lewie Gordon hame,
And the lad I daurna name;
Though his back be at the wa',
Here's to him that's far awa'!
Ochon, my Highlandman!
O my bonnie Highlandman!
Weel would I my true love ken,
Amang ten thousand Highlandmen.

O! to see his tartan trews,
Bonnet blue, and laigh-heel'd shoes,
Philabeg aboon his knee!
That's the lad that I'll gang wi'.
Ochon, &c.

This lovely youth of whom I sing,
Is fitted for to be a king;
On his breast he wears a star:
You'd tak' him for the god of war.
Ochon, &c.

O! to see this princely one
Seated on a royal throne!
Disasters a' would disappear;
Then begins the jub'lee year.
Ochon, &c.

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