Mary Hamilton / Songs and Lyrics

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w:Word - is to - the kit-chen gone and word is to the hall And
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w:word is up - to Mad-am the Queen and - that's - the worst - of all 
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W:Word is to the kitchen gone 
W:And word is to the hall
W:And word is up to Madam the Queen 
W:And that's the worst of all
W:
W:"Oh, rise, arise, Mary Hamilton
W:Arise and tell to me
W:What thou hast done with thy wee babe?
W:I saw and heard weep by thee"
W:
W:"I put him in a tiny boat
W:And cast him out to sea
W:That he might sink or he might swim
W:But he'd never come back to me"
W:
W:"Oh, rise, arise, Mary Hamilton
W:Arise and come with me
W:There is a wedding in Glasgow town
W:This night we'll go and see"
W:
W:She put not on her robes of black
W:Nor her robes of brown
W:But she put on her robes of white
W:To ride into Glasgow town
W:
W:As she rode into Glasgow town
W:The city for to see
W:The bailiff's wife and the provost's wife
W:Cried, "Alack and alas for thee"
W:
W:"Ah, you need not weep for me", she cried
W:"You need not weep for me
W:For had I not slain my own wee babe
W:This death I would not dee"
W:
W:"Oh, little did my mother think
W:When first she cradled me
W:The lands I was to travel in
W:And the death I was to dee"
W:
W:"Last night I washed the Queen's feet
W:And put the gold in her hair
W:And the only reward I find for this
W:The gallows to be my share"
W:
W:"Cast off, cast off my gown", she cried
W:"But let my petticoat be
W:And tie a napkin 'round my face
W:The gallows I would not see"
W:
W:Then by 'em come the king himself
W:Looked up with a pitiful eye
W:"Come down, come down, Mary Hamilton
W:Tonight you'll dine with me"
W:
W:"Oh, hold your tongue my sovereign liege
W:And let your folly be
W:For if you'd a mind to save my life
W:You'd never have shamed me here"
W:
W:Last night there were four Marys
W:Tonight there'll be but three
W:It was Mary Beaton and Mary Seton
W:And Mary Carmichael and me

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Song Note

Song by Traditional
Country of origin: Scotland

Folk song references:

Song to be found in the following collection(s):

My Own Song Book