Mary Hamilton
Last nicht there were four Marys,
The nicht there'll be but three
There's Mary Beaton and Mary Seaton
And Mary Carmichael and me.
How often have I dressed my queen,
Put gold upon her hair
And aw the thank's I've got this nicht,
The gallows tae be my share
Last nicht I dressed Queen Mary,
Put on her braw silk goon
And aw the thanks I've got this nicht,
Is to be hanged in Edinb'ro toon
They'll tie a kerchief roon' my eyes,
They no let me see
And they'll never tell my mother,
But that I've gone ower the sea
I charge ye all ye sailors,
When ye sail ower the foam
Let neither my mother nor father know,
But that I'm coming home
O little did my mother think,
When first she cradled me
The lands I was tae travel in,
Or the death I was tae dee
Last nicht there were four Marys.
This nicht there'll be but three
There were Mary Beaton and Mary Seaton
And Mary Carmichael, and me.