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MARY HAMILTON. '327 |
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For the very same words that ye hae said, Sail hang ye on the gallows tree."
As she gaed up the Tolbooth stairs,
She gied loud lauchters three; co
But or ever she cam down again,
She was condemn'd to dee.
,; O tak example frae me, Maries,
O tak example frae me, Nor gie your luve to courtly lords, es
Nor heed their witchin' ee.
" But wae be to the Queen hersel,
She micht hae pardon'd me ; But sair she's striven for me to hang
Upon the gallows tree. 70
" Yestreen the Queen had four Maries,
The nicht she'll hae but three; There was Mary Beatoun, Mary Seaton,
And Mary Carmiehael, and me.
" Aft hae I set pearls in her hair, it
Aft hae I lac'd her gown, And this is the reward I now get,
To be hang'd in Edinbruch town !
" O a' ye mariners, far and near,
That sail ayont the faem, so
' 0 dinna let my lather and mither ken,
But what I am coming hame.
" O a' ye mariners, far and near, That sail ayont the sea, |
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