[Verse]
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It fell on a day, on a bonnie summer day
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When the corn was ripe and cheerly
C G
That there fell oot a great dispute
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Between Argyll and Airlie
[Verse]
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Argyll he has mustered a thousand o' his men
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He's marched them oot bright early
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He's marched them in by the back o' Dunkeld
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To plunder the bonnie hoose o' Airlie
[Verse]
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Lady Ogilvie has looked frae her window sae high
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And oh, but she grat sairly
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Ta see Argyll and a' his men
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Come be plunder the bonny hoose o' Airlie
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[Verse]
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“Come doon, come doon, Lady Ogilvie,” he cried
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“Come doon and kiss me fairly
C G
Or I swear by the hilt o' my gewwd braidsword
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That I winna leave a standin' stane in Airlie”
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“I winna come doon, ye false Argyll
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Nor will I kiss ye fairly
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I wadna kiss ye, fause Argyll
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Though ye wadna leave a standin' stane in Airlie”
[Verse]
C F G
“Come tell me whaur your dowry is hid
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Come doon and tell me fairly”
C G
“l winna tell ye whaur my dowry is hid
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Though ye wadna leave a standin' stane in Airlie”
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[Verse]
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They socht it up and they socht it doon
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I wat, they socht it early
C G
And it was below yon bowling green
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They found the dowry o' Airlie
[Verse]
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"For I hae bore him seeven bonnie sons
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The eighth one hae ne'er seen his daddie
C G
But if I had as mony again
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They wud a' be men for Charlie
[Verse]
C F G
“Gin my gweed lord had been at hame
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As he's awa' for Charlie
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There dursna a Campbell o' a' Argyll
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Set fit on the bonnie hoose o' Airlie”
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C F G
He's ta'en her by the milk-white hand
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He did nae lead her fairly
C G
He led her up to the top o' the hill
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Where she saw the burnin' o' Airlie
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The smoke and flame they rose sae high
C F
The walls were blackened fairly
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And the lady laid her doon on the green to dee
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When she saw the burnin' o' Airlie
[Verse]
C F G
It fell on a day, on a bonnie summer day
C F G
When the corn was ripe and cheerly
C G
That there fell oot a great dispute
C F G
Between Argyll and Airlie