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The father in a rage to her mother did go,
And told their procedings with sorrow and woe;
Yet seemed that night if his anger had been gone,
Lest that the young Grigor the place should abscond.
And told their procedings with sorrow and woe;
Yet seemed that night if his anger had been gone,
Lest that the young Grigor the place should abscond.
But sent in a message to Inverness,
Which brought out a party young Grigor to press,
And for to make ready no time gave, we hear;
He ask'd but one favour—a word of his dear.
Which brought out a party young Grigor to press,
And for to make ready no time gave, we hear;
He ask'd but one favour—a word of his dear.
That being deny'd him, the old man with a frown,
Said, soldiers can have sweethearts in every town.
At this the-young lady cried out bitterly.
Young Grigor took courage, and marched away.
Said, soldiers can have sweethearts in every town.
At this the-young lady cried out bitterly.
Young Grigor took courage, and marched away.
When his captain view'd him, thus to him did say,
This young lady that loves you, I pity her case,
Who has lost such a comfort and blooming face,
Altho' you have done them not any disgrace.
This young lady that loves you, I pity her case,
Who has lost such a comfort and blooming face,
Altho' you have done them not any disgrace.
His lady cried out, what a wretch can he be,
Caus'd press this young man for no injury!
His long yellow hair to his haunches hung down,
O'er his broad shoulders from ear to ear round.
Caus'd press this young man for no injury!
His long yellow hair to his haunches hung down,
O'er his broad shoulders from ear to ear round.
Now Grigor considering his pitiful case,
Received the bounty, and-swore to the peace;
His captain to him a furlough did give,
To see his dear Kitty once more did he crave.
Received the bounty, and-swore to the peace;
His captain to him a furlough did give,
To see his dear Kitty once more did he crave.
Two lines he wrote her by a solid hand,
That he under the oak at midnight would stand,
For to wait upon her and hear her complaint,
And therefore to meet him she was well content.
That he under the oak at midnight would stand,
For to wait upon her and hear her complaint,
And therefore to meet him she was well content.
Her vows she renewed, with tears not a few,
And a gold-ring for a token on his finger she threw,
And a gold-ring for a token on his finger she threw,
