VERSE 1
Last night there were four Mary's
This night there'll be but three
There'll Mary Beaton an' Mary Seaton
An' Mary Carmichel an' me
VERSE 2
Of't have I dressed my Queen
An' put gold in her hair
But little I thought that I would get
Th gallows to be my share
VERSE 3
Last night I dressed Queen Mary
An' put on her broad silk gown
But all of th thanks I got this night
Is to be hanged in Edinboro town
VERSE 4
They'll tie a kerchef 'round my eyes
They'll no let me see to dee
An' they'll never tell my father an' mother
But that I'm away o'er th sea
VERSE 5
O, little did my mother think
Th day she cradle me
Th lands I was to travel in
Or th death I was to dee
VERSE 6
I charge ye, all ye sailors
As ye sail o'er th foam
Let neither my father nor my mother know
But that I'm comin' home
VERSE 7
Last night there were four Mary's
This night there'll be but three
There'll Mary Beaton an' Mary Seaton
N' Mary Carmichel an' me
