Mary Hamilton
Last night there were four Marys
Tonight there'll be but three
There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton
And Mary Carmichael and me
Oh often have I dressed my Queen
And put on her braw silk gown
But all the thanks I've got tonight
Is to be hanged in Edinburgh town
Full often have I dressed my Queen
Put gold upon her hair
But I have got for my reward
The gallows to be my share
Oh little did my mother know
The day she cradled me
The land I was to travel in
The death I was to dee
Oh happy happy is the maid
That's born of beauty free
Oh it was my rosy dimpled cheeks
That's been the devil to me
They'll tie a kerchief around my eyes
That I may not see to dee
And they'll never tell my father or mother
But that I'm across the sea
Tonight there'll be but three
There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton
And Mary Carmichael and me
Oh often have I dressed my Queen
And put on her braw silk gown
But all the thanks I've got tonight
Is to be hanged in Edinburgh town
Full often have I dressed my Queen
Put gold upon her hair
But I have got for my reward
The gallows to be my share
Oh little did my mother know
The day she cradled me
The land I was to travel in
The death I was to dee
Oh happy happy is the maid
That's born of beauty free
Oh it was my rosy dimpled cheeks
That's been the devil to me
They'll tie a kerchief around my eyes
That I may not see to dee
And they'll never tell my father or mother
But that I'm across the sea
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