MacPherson's Farewell

Fareweel, ye dungeons dark and strong,
Fareweel, Fareweel tae thee
MacPherson's time will nae be lang
On yonder gallows tree

CHO: Sae rantin'ly, sae wantonly
Sae dauntin'ly gaed he
He played a tune and danced it roon'
Below the gallows tree

'Twas by a woman's treacherous hand
That I was condemned to dee
Below a ledge at a window she stood
And a blanket she threw o'er me

The Laird o' Grant, that hieland sant
That first laid hands on me,
He played the cause on Peter Broon
Tae let MacPherson free

Untie these bands frae off my hands
And gie to me my sword
There's no' a man in all Scotland
But I'll brave him at a word

There's some come here tae see me hanged
And some to buy my fiddle
But before I do part wi' her
I'll brak her thro' the middle

He took the fiddle in both of his hands
And he broke it o'er a stone
Says,"There's nae ither hand shall play on thee
When I am dead and gone"

O little did my mother think
When first she cradled me,
That I would turn a rovin' boy
And die on the gallows tree

The reprieve was comin' o'er the brig o' Banf
Tae let MacPherson free,
But they pit the clock a quarter before
And hanged him tae the tree

@outlaw @death @music
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