"It's I'll not be a rank robber's wife, _Eh vow bonnie_, But I'll rather die by your wee penknife," _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. 20 He's killed this may and he's laid her by, _Eh vow bonnie_, For to bear the red rose company, _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. He's taken the second ane by the hand, 25 _Eh vow bonnie_, And he's turned her round and made her stand, _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. "It's whether will ye be a rank robber's wife, _Eh vow bonnie_, 30 Or will ye die by my wee penknife," _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_? "I'll not be a rank robber's wife, _Eh vow bonnie_, But I'll rather die by your wee penknife," 35 _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. He's killed this may and he's laid her by, _Eh vow bonnie_, For to bear the red rose company, _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. 40 He's taken the youngest ane by the hand, _Eh vow bonnie_, And he's turned her round and made her stand, _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. Says, "Will ye be a rank robber's wife, 45 _Eh vow bonnie_, Or will ye die by my wee penknife," _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_? "I'll not be a rank robber's wife, _Eh vow bonnie_, 50 Nor will I die by your wee penknife, _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. "For I hae a brother in this wood, _Eh vow bonnie_, And gin ye kill me, it's he'll kill thee," 55 _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. "What's thy brother's name? come tell to me," _Eh vow bonnie_; "My brother's name is Babylon," _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. 60 "O sister, sister, what have I done, _Eh vow bonnie_? O have I done this ill to thee, _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_? "O since I've done this evil deed, 65 _Eh vow bonnie_, Good sall never be seen o' me," _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. He's taken out his wee penknife, _Eh vow bonnie_, 70 And he's twyned himsel o' his ain sweet life, _On the bonnie banks o' Fordie_. DUKE OF PERTH'S THREE DAUGHTERS. From Kinloch's _Ancient Scottish Ballads_, p. 212. The Duke o' Perth had three daughters, Elizabeth, Margaret, and fair Marie; And Elizabeth's to the greenwud gane, To pu' the rose and the fair lilie. But she hadna pu'd a rose, a rose, 5 A double rose, but barely three, Whan up and started a Loudon lord, Wi' Loudon hose, and Loudon sheen.