Four and twenty Highland men Came from the Carron side To steal away Eppie Morrie 'Cause she wouldn't be a bride, a bride Wouldn't be a bride Out it came her mother then It was a moonlit night She couldn't see her daughter For the moon, it shone so bright, so bright The moon, it shone so bright They've taken Eppie Morrie And a horse they've bound her on And they're away to Carron side As fast as horse could gang, could gang Fast as horse could gang And Willie's taken his pistol out And put it to the minister's breast Oh marry me, marry me, minister Or else I'll be your priest, your priest Else I'll be your priest Chorus: Haud away from me, Willie Haud away from me There's not a man in all Strathdon Wedded be by me, by me Wedded be by me Then mass was sung and bells were rung And they're away to bed And Willie and Eppie Morrie Oh in one bed they were laid, were laid One bed they were laid He's taken the shirt from off his back And kicked away his shoes And thrown away the chamber key And naked he lay down, lay down Naked he lay down He kissed her on the lily breast And held her shoulders twa But aye, she gat and aye, she spat And turned to the wa', the wa' Turned to the wa' They wrestled there all through the night Before the break of day But aye, she gat and aye, she spat And he could not stretch her spey Could not stretch her spey (Chorus) Early in the morning Before the light of day In came the maid of Scallater In gown and shirt alone, alone Gown and shirt alone Get up, get up, young woman And take a drink with me You might have called me a maiden I'm as whole as thee, as thee I'm as whole as thee Then came young Breadalbane With a pistol on his side Oh come away, Eppie Morrie And I'll make you my bride, my bride Make you my bride Go get me a horse, Willie And get it like a man And send me back to my mother A maiden as I came, I came A maiden as I came (Chorus 2x) 1