There was a lady in Scotland Oh my love and oh my life Who's fallen in love with an English man Sing oh my life is early The father to this daughter's come Saying "Will you forsake your English man? Or Bonnie Susie Cleland You'll be buried in Dundee" "If you'll not this English Man Forsake" Oh my love and oh my life "Then I will burn you at the stake" Sing oh my life is early "Where will I find some little foot boy Who'll send these tidings to my joy Tell him, that Bonnie Susie Cleland Will be buried in Dundee" "And give to him this bright gold ring Oh my love and oh my life Won't you tell him I'll never forsake him And that my life seems weary Give to him this bright gold ring And tell him I've gone to my burning Tell him, that his Bonnie Susie Cleland Well I'll be buried in Dundee" Her father dragged her to the stake Oh my love and oh my life Her father dragged her to the stake Sing oh my life is early