Classic Poem

Yestre'en the queen had four Maries
This nicht she'll hae but three;
There was Mary Beaton, an' Mary Seaton,
An' Mary Carmichael an' me.

Last nicht I dressed Queen Mary,
An' pit on her braw silken goon,
An' a' the thanks I've gat this nicht
Is tae be hanged in Edinboro toon.

O little did my mither ken,
The day she cradled me,
The land I was tae travel in,
The death I was tae dee.

O happy, happy, is the maid,
That's born o' beauty free;
O it was my rosy dimplin' cheeks,
That's been the deil tae me!

They've tied a hanky roon ma een,
An' they'll no let me see tae dee;
An' they've pit on a robe o' black
Tae hang on the gallows tree.

Yestre'en the queen had four Maries,
This nicht she'll hae but three;
There was Mary Beaton, an' Mary Seaton,
An' Mary Carmichael an' me.