Recorded
by The Clancy Brothers on "Best
of the Vanguard Years"
Suggested Key=G
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Farewell, ye
dungeons dark and drear,
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6m
Farewell, farewell
to ye,
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5
MacPherson's
live will no be long
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5
Round yonder
gallows-tree.
Say rantingly
and say wantonly,
Say dauntingly
gaed he;
He play'd
a tune, and danc'd it round
Below yon
gallows-tree.
Take off these
bands from on my hands
And give to
me my sword
For there's
no a man in all Scotland
But I'll brave
him at his word
Now there's
some come here for to see me hung
and some to
buy my fiddle
but before
that I will part with her
I'll break
her through the middle.
So he took his
fiddle in both his hands
And he broke
it o'er a stone,
Saying there's
no other hand shall play on thee
When I am dead
and gone.
The reprieve
was coming o the Brig o' Banf
To set MacPherson
free,
But they put
the clock a quarter before
And they hanged
him from a tree.
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