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Mary Hamilton
MARY HAMILTON—M
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Then down cam Queen Marie,Wi gold links in her hair,
Saying, Marie Mild, where is the child,
That I heard greet sae sair?
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‘There was nae child wi me, madam,There was nae child wi me;
It was but me in a sair cholic,
When I was like to die.’
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‘I'm not deceived,’ Queen Marie said,‘No, no, indeed not I!
So Marie Mild, where is the child?
For sure I heard it cry.’
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She turned down the blankets fine,Likewise the Holland sheet,
And underneath, there strangled lay
A lovely baby sweet.
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‘O cruel mother,’ said the queen,‘Some fiend possessed thee;
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My Marie tho thou be!’
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When she cam to the Netherbow PortShe laught loud laughters three;
But when she cam to the gallows-foot,
The saut tear blinded her ee.
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‘Yestreen the Queen had four Maries,The night she'll hae but three;
There was Marie Seton, and Marie Beaton,
And Marie Carmichael, and me.
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‘Ye mariners, ye mariners,That sail upon the sea,
Let not my father or mother wit
The death that I maun die!
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‘I was my parents’ only hope,They neer had ane but me;
They little thought when I left hame,
They should nae mair me see!’
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