STOUT - Mac Phearson's Lament Lyrics

Say rantingly say wantonly
Say dauntingly gae he
He played a tune as he danced around
Below yon gallow's tree

Farewell ye dungeons dark and strong
Farewell, farewell to ye
MacPhearson's life will ne'er be long
On yonder gallows tree

Say rantingly say wantonly
Say dauntingly gae he
He played a tune as he danced around
Below yon gallow's tree

Now some have come for to see me hang
And some for to buy my fiddle
But before that I do part with her
I'll break her through the middle
So he took his fiddle in both of his hands
And broke it over a stone
Sayin' there's no other hand that shall play on thee
When I am dead and gone

Say rantingly say wantonly
Say dauntingly gae he
He played a tune as he danced around
Below yon gallow's tree

For what is death but parting breath
On many a bloody plain
I dared his face and in this place
I'll scorn him yet again
But vengeance I did never wreak
When power was in my hand
And you, dear friends, no vengeance seek
'Tis my last command

Say rantingly say wantonly
Say dauntingly gae he
He played a tune as he danced around
Below yon gallow's tree

The reprieve is comin' o'er the break of dawn
To set MacPhearson free
But they put the clock a quarter before
And hanged him from a tree

Say rantingly say wantonly
Say dauntingly gae he
He played a tune as he danced around
Below yon gallow's tree

Say rantingly say wantonly
Say dauntingly gae he
He played a tune as he danced around
Below yon gallow's tree

Say rantingly say wantonly
Say dauntingly gae he
He played a tune as he danced around
Below yon gallow's tree