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Word is to the kitchen gone, and word is to the hall<br /> |
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And word is up to madam the queen, and that's the worst of all<br /> |
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That Mary Hamilton has borne a babe<br /> |
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To the highest stuart of all<br /> |
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Oh rise, arise Mary Hamilton<br /> |
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Arise and tell to me<br /> |
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What thou hast done with thy wee babe<br /> |
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I saw and heard weep by thee<br /> |
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I put him in a tiny boat<br /> |
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And cast him out to sea<br /> |
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That he might sink or he might swim<br /> |
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But he'd never come back to me<br /> |
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Oh rise arise Mary Hamilton<br /> |
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Arise and come with me<br /> |
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There is a wedding in Glasgow town<br /> |
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This night we'll go and see<br /> |
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She put not on her robes of black<br /> |
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Nor her robes of brown<br /> |
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But she put on her robes of white<br /> |
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To ride into Glasgow town<br /> |
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And as she rode into Glasgow town<br /> |
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The city for to see<br /> |
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The bailiff's wife and the provost's wife<br /> |
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Cried alack and alas for thee<br /> |
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Oh you need not weep for me she cried<br /> |
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You need not week for me<br /> |
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For had I not slain my own wee babe<br /> |
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This death I would not dee<br /> |
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Oh little did my mother think<br /> |
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When first she cradled me<br /> |
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The lands I was to travel in<br /> |
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And the death I was to dee<br /> |
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Last night I washed the queen's feet<br /> |
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Put the gold in her hair<br /> |
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And the only reward I find for this<br /> |
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The gallows to be my share<br /> |
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Cast off, cast off my gown, she cried<br /> |
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But let my petticoat be<br /> |
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And tie a napkin round my face<br /> |
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The gallows, I would not see<br /> |
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Then by them come the king himself<br /> |
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Looked up with a pitiful eye<br /> |
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Come down, come down Mary Hamilton<br /> |
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Tonight you will dine with me<br /> |
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Oh hold your tongue, my sovereign liege<br /> |
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And let your folly be<br /> |
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For if you'd a mind to save my life<br /> |
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You'd never have shamed me here<br /> |
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Last night there were four Marys<br /> |
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Tonight there'll be but three<br /> |
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It was Mary Beaton and Mary Seton<br /> |
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And Mary Carmichael and me |