Through the whole country side;
And a river to wade
For a dying maid,
And a weary way to ride!

O Keith o' Craigentolly,
The bairn's grave by the sea!
O Keith o' Craigentolly,
The graves of maidens three!
And a bluidy shift,
And a sainless shrift,
For Keith o' Craigentolly!



Footnotes:

{1} One verse and the refrain are of 1750 or thereabouts. At
Laffen, where William, Duke of Cumberland, was defeated and nearly
captured by the Scots and Irish in the French service, Prince
Charles is said to have served as a volunteer.

{2} So Nyren tells us.