Laird O' Logie



Listen, good people, to my tale

Listen to what I tell to thee

The King has ta'en a poor prisoner

The wanton Laird o' Ochiltree



When news of it cam' tae the Queen

She sighed and said richt mournfully

O, wit will come o' Lady Margret

Wha bears sic love for Ochiltree



The Queen she's gane intil the King

And louted low doon til her knee

I never asked a boon but noo

O, spare the life o Ochiltree



Gin ye had asked for hoose or land

I'd freely gie them a' to thee

But all the gowd in fair Scotland

Winna buy the life o' Ochiltree



The Queen she tripped doon the stair

And doon she gaed richt mournfully

A' the gowd in fair Scotland

Winna buy the life o' Ochiltree



Lady Margret tore her yellow hair

And aye the saut tear blinded her e'e

I'll tak' a knife and end my life

And lie in the ground wi' Ochiltree



O na, na, na, then, said the Queen

O haud your tongue, this maunna be

I'll set ye on a better way

To free the Laird o' Ochiltree



The Queen she slippit up the stair

And up she gaed richt privilie

And she has stolen the prison keys

And lowsed the Laird o' Ochiltree



She's gi'en to him a purse o' gawd

And anither o' the white money

She's gi'en him twa pistols by his side

Says, Fire them baith when ye gang free



When he cam' tae the Queen's window

Whaten a joyfu' cry gi'ed he

He's fired the pistols and he's awa'

The wanton Laird o' Ochiltree



The King he rose up in his bed

O, wha is this has waukened me

I'll pledge my lands and a' my rents

It's the wanton Laird o' Ochiltree



Then ca' to me my jailers a'

Ca' them by thirty and by three

I swear that e'er the clock strikes twal'

That hangit high they a' shall be



O na, na, na, then cried the Queen

Na, na, na, that canna be

Gin ye maun tae hang them a'

Ye maun, my love, begin wi' me



The tane was shippit at the pier o' Leith

Lady Margret at the Queen's ferry

And she's gotten a faither tae her bairn

The wanton Laird o' Ochiltree



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In 1592, Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell, along with Wemyss of

Logie were condemned to die for attempting to kidnap King James

VI. Logie was set free by his Danish mistress, a Lady in Waiting

to the Queen. Logie is replaced by Ochiltree here.

recorded by MacColl and Seeger on Blood and Roses 3

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