Macphersons Farewell

    Bb               C Farewell ye dungeons dark and strong     Bb                  F Farewell, farewell said he    Bb                        C MacPherson's time will no be long   Bb        Eb       F Beneath the gallow's tree     Bb            F Say rantonly, say wantonly,     Bb      Cm        Eb Say dauntingly played he    Bb                   F He played a tune and he danced it roond,    Bb       Eb       F Beneath the gallow's tree   Bb               F Untie these bands fae off ma hands   Bb       Cm    F An' gae to me my song         Bb          F there's no a man in a Scotland          Bb        Cm     F But I'll brave him at his word     Bb            F Say rantonly, say wantonly,     Bb      Cm        Eb Say dauntingly played he    Bb                   F He played a tune and he danced it roond,   Bb        Eb      F Beneath the gallow's tree         Bb                F There's some come here to see me hang     Bb      Cm     F And some to buy my fiddle     Bb                   F But before that I'd ever part with her      Bb        Cm          F I'll break her through the middle     Bb            F Say rantonly, say wantonly,     Bb      Cm        Eb Say dauntingly played he    Bb                   F He played a tune and he danced it roond,   Bb        Eb       F Beneath the gallow's tree    Bb              F He took his fiddle in his hands     Bb        Cm    F And broke her oor a stone          Bb              F Said nae other hand shall play on thee      Bb   Cm      F When I am dead and gone         Bb                  F Say rantonly, say wantonly,         Bb           Cm          Eb Say dauntingly played he       Bb                F He played a tune and he danced it roond,      Bb             Eb          F Beneath the gallow's tree     Bb            F And little did my mother think      Bb        Cm      Eb     When she first cradled me      Bb               F   That I would become a rovin' boy     Bb Cm        F And die beneath a tree         Bb                  F Say rantonly, say wantonly,         Bb           Cm          Eb Say dauntingly played he       Bb                                  F He played a tune and he danced it roond,      Bb             Eb          F Beneath the gallow's tree Bb F The Reprieve Was Coming Our The Brig Bb Cm F To Set McPherson Free Bb F But Thy Set The Clock To Quarter Past Bb Cm F And Hanged Him Fae a Tree     Bb            F Say rantonly, say wantonly,     Bb      Cm        Eb Say dauntingly played he    Bb                   F He played a tune and he danced it roond,   Bb        Eb       F Beneath the gallow's tree     Bb            F Say rantonly, say wantonly,     Bb     Cm         Eb Say dauntingly played he    Bb                   F He played a tune and he danced it roond,   Bb        Eb       F Beneath the gallow's tree