HIELAND LADDY (Jacobite)



Where ha' ye been a' the day?

Bonnie laddie, Hielan' laddie

Saw ye him that' far awa'

Bonnie laddie, Hielan' laddie

On his head a bonnet blue

Bonnie laddie, Hielan' laddie

Tartan plaid and Hielan' trews

Bonnie laddie, Hielan' laddie





When he drew his gude braid-sword

Then he gave his royal word.

Frae the field he ne'er wad flee

Wi' his friends wad live or dee.



Geordie sits in Charlie's chair

But I think he'll no bide there.

Charlie yet shall mount the throne

Weel ye ken it is his own.



From Minstrelsy of Scotland, Moffatt

Note: words are a fragment of "a long and very coarse Jacobite

ballad" published in Jacobite Relics, 1810. A version of the

tune appeared in Playford, 11th edition, 1701.

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