Mary Hamilton

Cat. #0135 (MFH #422) - As sung by Jane Robinson, Farmington, Arkansas on June 21, 1958

VERSE 1
Last night there were four Mary's
This night there'll be but three
There'll Mary Beaton an' Mary Seaton
An' Mary Carmichel an' me

VERSE 2
Of't have I dressed my Queen
An' put gold in her hair
But little I thought that I would get
Th gallows to be my share

VERSE 3
Last night I dressed Queen Mary
An' put on her broad silk gown
But all of th thanks I got this night
Is to be hanged in Edinboro town

VERSE 4
They'll tie a kerchef 'round my eyes
They'll no let me see to dee
An' they'll never tell my father an' mother
But that I'm away o'er th sea

VERSE 5
O, little did my mother think
Th day she cradle me
Th lands I was to travel in
Or th death I was to dee

VERSE 6
I charge ye, all ye sailors
As ye sail o'er th foam
Let neither my father nor my mother know
But that I'm comin' home

VERSE 7
Last night there were four Mary's
This night there'll be but three
There'll Mary Beaton an' Mary Seaton
N' Mary Carmichel an' me

Jane said she learned this from her grandfather.

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