"MacPhearson's Farewell" genre: Celtic
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	Story Behind the Song Traditional Scottish song about a guy who didn't let the gallows tree stop his music. Lyrics MAC PHEARSONS FAREWELL 1. Farewell ye dungeons dark and strong, Farewell, farewell to thee. Mac Phearson's time will no be long On yonder gallows tree. CHORUS: Sae rantinly, sae wantonly Sae dauntinly gaed he. He played a tune and he danced it 'round, About the gallows tree. 2. "It was 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." 3. "The Laird o Grant, that highland saint That first laid hands on me, He played the cause on Peter Broom To let MacPhearson dee." 4. "Untie these bands from off my hands And gi'e to me my sword. And there's no a man in all Scotland But I'll brave him at a word." 5. "There's some come here to see me hanged And some to buy my fiddle. But before that I do part with her, I'd break her through the middle." 6. He took the fiddle into both o' 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." 7. The reprieve was comin' o'er the brig o Baniff To let MacPhearson free, But they put the clock a quarter afore And hanged him to the tree. 8. "Oh little did me mother think When first she cradled me That I would turn a rovin' boy And die on the gallows tree."

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