THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS—F
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Notes and Queries, Sixth Series, VI, 476, 1882: “sung in
Forfarshire, forty years ago.”
1
‘Stop, stop, [OMITTED]
[OMITTED]
I think I see my father coming,
[OMITTED]
2
‘O hae ye brocht my silken cloak,
Or my golden key?
Or hae ye come to see me hanged,
On this green gallows-tree?’
3
‘I've neither brocht your silken cloak,
Nor your golden key,
But I have come to see you hanged,
On this green gallows-tree.’
[OMITTED]
4
‘I've neither brocht your silken cloak,
Nor your golden key,
But I am come to set you free
From this green gallows-tree.’
