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

[Verse]
  C                      F               G
Argyll he has mustered a thousand o' his men
                  C          F      G
He's marched them oot bright early
                  C                    G
He's marched them in by the back o' Dunkeld
   C                           F       G
To plunder the bonnie hoose o' Airlie

[Verse]
     C                           F          G
Lady Ogilvie has looked frae her window sae high
    C                F       G
And oh, but she grat sairly
         C               G
Ta see Argyll and a' his men
        C                          F       G
Come be plunder the bonny hoose o' Airlie

[Instrumental]
C    F  C    F  C    F  C    F  G

[Verse]
      C                     F            G
“Come doon, come doon, Lady Ogilvie,” he cried
               C       F       G
“Come doon and kiss me fairly
                  C                     G
Or I swear by the hilt o' my gewwd braidsword
       C                               F       G
That I winna leave a standin' stane in Airlie”

[Verse]
   C                   F       G
“I winna come doon, ye false Argyll
    C              F       G
Nor will I kiss ye fairly
        C                G
I wadna kiss ye, fause Argyll
          C                               F        G
Though ye wadna leave a standin' stane in Airlie”

[Verse]
      C                  F        G
“Come tell me whaur your dowry is hid
     C                F        G
Come doon and tell me fairly”
                 C                 G
“l winna tell ye whaur my dowry is hid
          C                               F       G
Though ye wadna leave a standin' stane in Airlie”

[Instrumental]
C    C7    C    C7  F  C    C7  G  Am  G

[Verse]
     C                    F        G
They socht it up and they socht it doon
  C                  F      G
I wat, they socht it early
             C               G
And it was below yon bowling green
     C                  F       G
They found the dowry o' Airlie

[Verse]
     C              F             G
"For I hae bore him seeven bonnie sons
    C                             F       G
The eighth one hae ne'er seen his daddie
         C            G
But if I had as mony again
         C             F        G
They wud a' be men for Charlie

[Verse]
     C                 F       G
“Gin my gweed lord had been at hame
   C             F        G
As he's awa' for Charlie
               C                G
There dursna a Campbell o' a' Argyll
    C                          F       G
Set fit on the bonnie hoose o' Airlie”

[Verse]
     C                F          G
He's ta'en her by the milk-white hand
   C                F       G
He did nae lead her fairly
           C                    G
He led her up to the top o' the hill
          C                  F       G
Where she saw the burnin' o' Airlie

[Verse]
    C                    F        G
The smoke and flame they rose sae high
    C                    F
The walls were blackened fairly
        G             C                    G
And the lady laid her doon on the green to dee
         C                  F       G
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