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( 3 ) But when her father came to know

How that I lov’d his daughter so,

He, Judas-like, betrayed me,

For keeping of her company.

It was at Aulrain that I was ta’en

A prisoner for Lady Jean;

In fetters strong then I was bonnd,

And carried into Aberdeen.

It’s not their frowns that I do mind,

Nor yet the way that I have to go,

But love has pierc’d my tender heart,

And alas! it's brought me very low.

I was embarked at the shore,

Never to see my native shore,

In Germany a Soldier to be,

All for the Lass of Banaphie.

But when I was upon the Seas,

I ne’er could take one moment's ease,

For she was daily in my mind,

The bonny Lass I left behind.

But when I arriv’d in foreign lan',

From my true love a letter came,