Chorus:
Roy's wife of
Aldivalloch,
Roy's wife of
Aldivalloch,
Wat she how she
cheated me,
As I came owre the
Braes o' Balloch?
Davie Gordon o' Kirkhill
And Johnny Gordon o'
Carshalloch;
Wat ye how she
cheated me,
As we came owre the
Braes o' Balloch?
As we went toddlin' roond the Buck
It's Roy cam'
breegin through the Balloch;
Weary fa' the
faithless quean,
She's on the road to
Aldivalloch.
As we went oot ayont the Buck,
It's she came in
aboot the Balloch;
Roy's piper he was
playin'
' She's welcome hame
to Aldivalloch'.
Though ye would ca' the Cabrach wide,
Frae Ordieton unto
the Balloch,
Ye wadna get sic a
strappin' quean
As Roy's wife of
Alldivalloch.
Footnote: John Roy of
Aldivalloch was married to Isobel Stewart on the 21 February 1727. Roy
was considerably older than his wife who run off with David Gordon of
Kirktown, providing the theme of the song. She was pursued by Roy and
brought back after a chase over the Braes o Balloch. Margaret Roy, last
descendent of the Roy's of Aldivalloch, whose death was recorded in the
Banffshire Journal, January 1860, said that the song had been composed
by a shoemaker in the neighbourhood of Aldivalloch.
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