The version that begins with the line "Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?"
Finally there is another Scots version, that begins with the line "On a thistle I sat doon" (Roud 3363).
The first three verses and the chorus were written by Robert Burns and set to an older melody.
James Hogg version Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
The bauld Pitcur fell in a furr, And Clavers got a clankie, O, Or I had fed an Athol gled On the braes o' Killicrankie, O.