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O pardon us honoured father,
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 gallent 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 shalt be.
The Duke of Gordon wrote a letter,
and sent it to the king,
Desiring him to hang brave Captain Ogilvie,
if e'er he caused hang any man.
Said the King I'll 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-lace and scarlet,
and put on the single livery.
If this be for bonny Jeany Gordon,
this penance I'll take wi'
If this be for my true ⟨love⟩ Jeany,
all this and more I'll dree.
