Oh my name is Captain Grant and I'm bound to say
That I am one of those bold heroes found on the highway
With a brace of pistols and my bright long sword
Stand and deliver was always my words
In doing the dirty act I always did scorn
But in taking from the rich I thought it no harm
When I went collecting had their cash secured
One half I spent the other I gave to the poor
When I saw poor people starve hungry or dry
I quickly sought out their want and I did them supply
In cheerful company I spend my store
And when it's gone I go boldly collecting more
To Edinburgh gaol then I was marched along
And there I was confined 'til my trial came on
And sentenced to be hanged for sheltering (Malay?)
Although I had no hand in that robbery
And before the day came that I was to be hung
I burst the prison doors and away I did run
And I escaped through the castle gates
And it was not safe for me along the way
Out of Edinburgh gaol then I made my way good
And I took up my lodgings that night in a wood
But there was a woman who did my betray
And I was took suprised as asleep I did lay
I was surrounded away I could not get
They seized my pistols for my powder was wet
And in my ill fortune I gave myself up
To that noted hero Carl Nettie (Taycup?)
Back to Edinburgh gaol then I was marched along
And there I was confined 'til my trial came on
And sentenced to be hanged for sheltering (Malay?)
Although I had no hand in that robbery
Oh men that I forgive may I (tarn?) receive
I took from the rich but the poor to relieve
God bless my wife and child that they never want
Lord have mercy upon the soul of poor Captain Grant
Oh my name is Captain Grant and I'm bound to say
That I am one of those bold heroes found on the highway
With a brace of pistols and my bright long sword
Stand and deliver was always my words