Sharpe's Ballad Book, p. 37, 1823.
| 1 |
Four and twenty nobles sits in the king's ha,
Bonnie Glenlogie is the flower among them a'. |
| 2 |
In came Lady Jean, skipping on the floor,
And she has chosen Glenlogie 'mong a' that was there. |
| 3 |
She turned to his footman, and thus she did say:
Oh, what is his name? and where does he stay? |
| 4 |
'His name is Glenlogie, when he is from home;
He is of the gay Gordons, his name it is John.' |
| 5 |
'Glenlogie, Glenlogie, an you will prove kind,
My love is laid on you; I am telling my mind.' |
| 6 |
He turned about lightly, as the Gordons does a':
'I thank you, Lady Jean, my loves is promised awa.' |
| 7 |
She called on her maidens her bed for to make,
Her rings and her jewels all from her to take. |
| 8 |
In came Jeanie's father, a wae man was he;
Says, I'll wed you to Drumfendrich, he has mair gold than he. |
| 9 |
Her father's own chaplain, being a man of great skill,
He wrote him a letter, and indited it well. |
| 10 |
The first lines he looked at, a light laugh laughed he;
But ere he read through it the tears blindid his ee. |
| 11 |
Oh, pale and wan looked she when Glenlogie cam in,
But even rosy grew she when Glenlogie sat down. |
| 12 |
'Turn round, Jeanie Melville, turn round to this side,
And I'll be the bridegroom, and you'll be the bride.' |
| 13 |
Oh, 'twas a merry wedding, and the portion down told,
Of bonnie Jeanie Melville, who was scarce sixteen years old. |
