Mary Hamilton-John Baez

Mary Hamilton

Joan Baez

 

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Word is to the kitchen gone and word is to the hall

And word is up to Madam the Queen

And that`s the worst of all

That Mary Hamilton`s born a babe to the highest Stuart of all

Arise arise Mary Hamilton arise and tell to me

What thou hast done with thy wee babe

I saw and heard weep by thee

I put him in a tiny boat and cast him out to sea

That he might sink or he might swim

But he`d never come back to me

Arise arise Mary Hamilton arise and come with me

There is a wedding in Glasgow town

This night we`ll go and see

She put not on her robes of black nor her robes of brown

But she put on robes of white to ride into Glasgow town

And as she rode into Glasgow town the city for to see

The bailiff`s wife and provost`s wife

Cried ah and alas for thee

Ah you need not weep for me she cried

You need not weep for me

For had I not slain my own wee babe

This death I would not dee

Ah little did my mother think when first she craddled me

The lands I was to travel in and the death I was to dee

Last night I washed the Queen`s feet

And put the gold on her hair

And the only reward I find for this

The gallows to be my share

Cast off cast off my gown she cried

But let my petticoat be

And tie a napkin `round my face

The gallows I would not see

Then by and come the king himself look up with a pitiful eye

Come down come down Mary Hamilton

Tonight you`ll dine with me

Ah hold your tongue my sovereign liege and let your folly be

For if you`d a mind to save my life

You`d never have shamed me here

Last  night there were four Mary`s tonight there`ll be but three

There was Mary Beaton and Mary Seaton

And Mary Carmichael and me