Mary Hamilton

Mary Hamilton Lyrics

Song Mary Hamilton
Artist Joan Baez
Album Joan Baez
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[00:06.20] Word is to the kitchen gone
[00:11.55] And word is to the Hall
[00:17.15] And word is up to Madam the Queen
[00:22.84] And that's the worst of all
[00:28.46] That Mary Hamilton has borne a babe
[00:34.20] To the highest Stuart of all
[00:42.51] Oh rise, arise Mary Hamilton
[00:48.73] Arise and tell to me
[00:54.17] What thou hast done with thy wee babe
[00:59.92] I saw and heard weep by thee
[01:08.44] I put him in a tiny boat
[01:14.09] And cast him out to sea
[01:19.70] That he might sink or he might swim
[01:25.37] But he'd never come back to me
[01:34.30] Oh rise arise Mary Hamilton
[01:39.74] Arise and come with me
[01:45.34] There is a wedding in Glasgow town
[01:50.78] This night we'll go and see
[01:59.34] She put not on her robes of black
[02:04.49] Nor her robes of brown
[02:10.19] But she put on her robes of white
[02:15.51] To ride into Glasgow town
[02:24.28] And as she rode into Glasgow town
[02:29.46] The city for to see
[02:34.97] The bailiff's wife and the provost's wife
[02:40.35] Cried Alack and alas for thee
[02:48.40] You need not weep for me she cried
[02:54.29] You need not weep for me
[02:59.78] For had I not slain my own wee babe
[03:05.46] This death I would not dee
[03:13.36] Oh little did my mother think
[03:18.92] When first she cradled me
[03:24.55] The lands I was to travel in
[03:29.94] And the death I was to dee
[03:38.71] Last night I washed the Queen's feet
[03:44.05] And put the gold in her hair
[03:49.29] And the only reward I find for this
[03:55.02] The gallows to be my share
[04:03.32] Cast off cast off my gown she cried
[04:08.76] But let my petticoat be
[04:14.14] And tie a napkin round my face
[04:19.72] The gallows I would not see
[04:28.10] Then by them come the king himself
[04:33.44] Looked up with a pityful eye
[04:38.72] Come down come down Mary Hamilton
[04:44.45] Tonight you will dine with me
[04:55.31] Oh hold your tongue my sovereign liege
[05:01.01] And let your folly be
[05:06.18] For if you'd a mind to save my life
[05:13.43] You'd never have shamed me here
[05:21.65] Last night there were four marys
[05:27.32] Tonight there'll be but three
[05:32.62] T'was Mary Beaton and Mary Seton
[05:39.20] And Mary Carmichael and me.
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