Macphersons Rant

Intro Verse "Fareweel, ye dungeons dark and strang Fareweel, fareweel", said he "MacPherson's time will no' be lang Alow the gallows tree" Chorus Sae rantingly, sae wantonly Sae dauntingly gaed he He played a tune and he danced it aroon' Alow the gallows tree Verse "It was by a woman's treacherous hand That I was condemned tae dee Aboon a ledge at a windae she stood And a blanket she threw o'er me" Chorus Sae rantingly, sae wantonly Sae dauntingly gaed he He played a tune and he danced it aroon' Alow the gallows tree Verse "Untie these bands frae aff o' my hands And gie tae me my sword There's no a man in a' Scotland But I'll brave him at his word" Chorus Sae rantingly, sae wantonly Sae dauntingly gaed he He played a tune and he danced it aroon' Alow the gallows tree Verse "Well, there's some come here tae see me hang And some tae buy my fiddle But afore that I dae part wi' her I'd brak' her through the middle" Chorus Sae rantingly, sae wantonly Sae dauntingly gaed he He played a tune and he danced it aroon' Alow the gallows tree Verse Well, he took his fiddle into both of his hands And he brak' it o'er a stane Said, "Nae ither hands shall play on thee When I am deid and gane" Chorus Sae rantingly, sae wantonly Sae dauntingly gaed he He played a tune and he danced it aroon' Alow the gallows tree Verse "Och, little did my mother think When first she cradled me That I would turn a roving boy And die on the gallows tree" Chorus Sae rantingly, sae wantonly Sae dauntingly gaed he He played a tune and he danced it aroon' Alow the gallows tree Verse The reprieve it was coming o'er the Brig o' Banff Tae set MacPherson free But they put the knock tae quarter past four And they hanged him tae the tree Chorus Sae rantingly, sae wantonly Sae dauntingly gaed he He played a tune and he danced it aroon' Alow the gallows tree