Child, Francis James. English and Scottish Ballads, vol. 6. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1858, page 260f:

EPPIE MORRIE.
From Maidment's North Countrie Garland, p. 40.

"THIS ballad is probably much more than a century old, though the circumstances which have given rise to it were fortunately too common to preclude the possibility of its being of a later date. Although evidently founded on fact, the editor has not hitherto discovered the particular circumstances out of which it has originated."

[1] FOUR and twenty Highland men
Came a' from Carrie side,
To steal awa' Eppie Morrie,
'Cause she would not be a bride.

[2] Out it's cam her mother,
It was a moonlight night,
She could not see her daughter.
The sands they shin'd so bright.

[3] "Haud far awa' frae me, mother,
Haud far awa' frae me;
There's not a man in a' Strathdon
Shall wedded be with me."

[4] They have taken Eppie Morrie,
And horseback bound her on,
And then awa' to the minister,
As fast as horse could gang.

[5] He's taken out a pistol,
And set it to the minister's breast;
"Marry me, marry me, minister,
Or else I'll be your priest."

[6] "Haud far awa' frae me, good sir,
"Haud far awa' frae me;
For there's not a man in a' Strathdon
That shall married be with me."

[7] "Haud far awa' frae me, Willie.
Haud far awa' frae me;
For I darna avow to marry you,
Except she's as willing as ye."

[8] They have taken Eppie Morrie,
Since better could nae be,
And they're awa' to Carrie side,
As fast as horse could flee.

[9] Then mass was sung, and bells were rung,
And all were bound for bed,
Then Willie an' Eppie Morrie
In one bed they were laid.

[10] "Haud far awa' frae me, Willie,
Haud far awa' frae me;
Before I'll lose my maidenhead,
I'll try my strength with thee."

[11] She took the cap from off her head,
And threw it to the way;
Said, "Ere I lose my maidenhead,
I'll fight with you till day."

[12] Then early in the morning,
Before her clothes were on,
In came the maiden of Scalletter,
Grown and shirt alone.

[13] "Get up, get up, young woman,
And drink the wine wi' me;"
"You might have called me maiden,
I'm sure as leal as thee."

[14] "Wally fa' you, Willie,
That ye could nae prove a man,
And taen the lassie's maidenhead;
She would have hired your han'."

[15] "Haud far awa' frae me, lady,
Haud far awa' frae me;
There's not a man in a' Strathdon,
The day shall wed wi' me."

[16] Soon in there came Belbordlane,
With a pistol on every side;
"Come awa' hame, Eppie Morrie,
And there you'll be my bride."

[17] "Go get to me a horse, Willie,
And get it like a man,
And send me back to my mother,
A maiden as I cam.

[18] "The sun shines o'er the westlin hills,
By the light lamp of the moon,
Just saddle your horse, young John Forsyth,
And whistle, and I'll come soon."