C
Last night there were four Marys
G
Tonight there'll be but three
F C F C
There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton
G C G-C
And Mary Carmichael and me.
C
Oh, often have I dressed my Queen
G
And put on her braw silk gown
F C F C
But all the thanks I've got tonight
G C G-C
Is to be hanged in Edinburgh Town.
C
Full often have I dressed my Queen
G
Put gold upon her hair
F C F C
But I have got for my reward
G C G-C
The gallows to be my share.
C
Oh, little did my mother know
G
The day she cradled me
F C F C
The land I was to travel in
G C G-C
The death I was to dee.
C
Oh, happy, happy is the maid
G
That's born of beauty free
F C F C
Oh, it was my rosy, dimpled cheeks
G C G-C
That's been the devil to me.
C
They'll tie a kerchief around my eyes
G
That I may not see to dee
F C F C
And they'll never tell my father or mother
G C G-C
But that I'm across the sea.
