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title: "The Captain’s Lady"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1789"
location: "Ellisland"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/the-captains-lady/"
---

# The Captain’s Lady

## Poem
*Chorus*  
O mount and go, mount and make you ready,  
O mount and go, and be the Captain’s lady.

When the drums do beat, and the cannons rattle,  
Thou shalt sit in state, and see thy love in battle:  
When the drums do beat, and the cannons rattle,  
Thou shalt sit in state, and see thy love in battle.

*Chorus*  
O mount and go, mount and make you ready,  
O mount and go, and be the Captain’s lady.

When the vanquish’d foe sues for peace and quiet,  
To the shades we’ll go, and in love enjoy it:  
When the vanquish’d foe sues for peace and quiet,  
To the shades we’ll go, and in love enjoy it.

*Chorus*  
O mount and go, mount and make you ready,  
O mount and go, and be the Captain’s lady.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/the-captains-lady/