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| Jacobite Troops had no formal uniform. The white cockade on a blue bonnet became their emblem. It is said to have originated when Bonnie Prince Charlie picked a wild rose and pinned it to his hat. | My love was born in Aberdeen, The boniest lad that e'er was seen, But now he makes our hearts fu' sad, He takes the Field wi' his White Cockade. Chorus: O he's a ranting, roving lad, He is a brisk an a bonny lad, Betide what may, I will be wed, And follow the boy wi the White Cockade. I'll sell my rock, my reel, my tow, My gude gray mare and hawkit cow; To buy mysel a tartan plaid, To follow the boy wi the White Cockade. Chorus |