The Four Marys

Intro Chorus Last night there were four Marys This night there'll be but three There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton And Mary Carmichael and me verse 1 Little did my mother think When first she cradled me That I would die so far from home Or hang from the gallows tree verse 2 They'll tie a napkin around my eye And no let me see the day And they'll never let on to my father and mother But that I'm away over the sea Chorus Last night there were four Marys This night there'll be but three There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton And Mary Carmichael and me Instrumental verse 3 I wish I could lie in my own churchyard Beneath the old yew tree Where we ---- the --- and --- the --- My brothers, my sisters and me verse 4 And little care I for a nameless grave As I'd hoped for eternity So I pray that the fate of a dying thief May be granted through grace unto me Chorus Last night there were four Marys This night there'll be but three There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton And Mary Carmichael and me Chorus Last night there were four Marys This night there'll be but three There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton And Mary Carmichael and me Outro Last night there were four Marys This night there'll be but three There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton And Mary Carmichael and me