Lord Bonnie

1. Lord Bonnie, he was a hunting man
And a hunting he did ride
With a hunting horn all around his neck
And a sword by his side.

2. He rode till he came to his friend Jesse's hall
He knocked and loudly called
No one so fair as his own true love
For to rise and bid him come in.

3. "Come in, come in, Lord Bonnie," she cried,
"And stay the night with me.
A rounding fire you shall have
And a cup of white chalk tea."

4. I will come in and I will come in
But I have but a moment to stay
For the girl I love much better than thee
I shall see ere the break of day."

5. While sitting there all along on her lap 
A-kissing her so sweet
With a little pen knife that was sharp at the point
She wounded him most deep.

6. "Lord Bonnie, Lord Bonnie, Lord Bonnie," she cried,
"What makes you look so pale?"
"I think I feel my own heart's blood
A-falling at my feet."

7. "Don't die, don't die, Lord  Bonnie,"sha cried,
"Don't die so soon.
You shall have all the doctors in the whole round town
For to heal and cure your wounds."

8. "I must die, I must die," Lord Bonnie he cried,
"You've wounded me so deep.
There was not another lady in the whole round town
That I loved as well as thee."

Collected from James York
August 20, 1939