I sent this one off to Dick Gaughan, whose version occasioned this one:Bonnie Jeannie o' Bethelnie:
Nou Jeannie's gotten mairriet an her tocher's doun tauld
Bonnie Jeannie o Bethelnie wis scarce saxteen year auld
O Bethelnie, o Bethelnie, ye shine whaur ye staun
An the heather bells aroun ye shine owre Fyvie's laun
I kept hearing this as:
Bonnie Jeannie o Bethelnie wis scarce saxteen year auld
Oh, the felony, oh, the felony. . .
But then again, they probably had a different age of consent. . .
Cheers,
-- Arne Langsetmo