Macphersons Lament

E B Sae rantonly, sae wantonly, E A Sae dauntonly gaed he - E B For he played a tune and he danced aroond E A B7 Below the gallows tree E B It was by a woman's treacherous hand E A That I was condemned to dee; E B She stood uben a windae ledge, E A B7 A blanket she threw o'er me E B Sae rantonly, sae wantonly, E A Sae dauntonly gaed he - E B For he played a tune and he danced aroond E A B7 Below the gallows tree E B O, the Laird o' Grant, that Hieland saint, E A That first laid hands on me - E B He placed the cause on Peter Broon E A B7 To let MacPherson dee E B Sae rantonly, sae wantonly, E A Sae dauntonly gaed he - E B For he played a tune and he danced aroond E A B7 Below the gallows tree E B So tak off these bands frae roond my hands E A And gie to me my fiddle - E B There's nae a man in a' Scotland E A B7 That brave's me at my word E B Sae rantonly, sae wantonly, E A Sae dauntonly gaed he - E B For he played a tune and he danced aroond E A B7 Below the gallows tree E B O, there's some come here to see me hung E A And some to buy my fiddle, E B Before I would depairt wi' her E A B7 I'd brak her through the middle E B Sae rantonly, sae wantonly, E A Sae dauntonly gaed he - E B For he played a tune and he danced aroond E A B7 Below the gallows tree E B I took my fiddle in both my hands E A And broke her ower a stone; E B There's nae anither will play on thee E A B7 When I am dead and gone E B Sae rantonly, sae wantonly, E A Sae dauntonly gaed he - E B For he played a tune and he danced aroond E A B7 Below the gallows tree E B Little did my mither think E A When first she cradled me, E A That I would turn a rovin' lad E A B7 And be hung on a gallows tree E B Sae rantonly, sae wantonly, E A Sae dauntonly gaed he - E B For he played a tune and he danced aroond E A B7 Below the gallows tree E B His reprieve was comin' o'er the brig o' Banff E A To set MacPherson free E B Well they put the clock a quarter afore E A B7 They hanged him from the tree