Lord Maxwell’s Last Goodnight (Roud 4015, Child 195) is an English-language folk ballad.
It is based on the actions of John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell, who killed Sir James Johnstone in 1608 as the culmination of a family feud.
He fled to France and was sentenced to death in his absence, returning in secret five years later.
[1][2] Lady Maxwell asks her husband to come with her into her father's garden.
He bids a tender farewell to her, the rest of his family, and Scotland, and is escorted off to his ship by a great company.