Chords:
{t: MacPherson's Lament } {key: D} {artist:The Corries} The Corries : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_euUOCcLuw&feature=youtu.be (But in E) {c: } [G] Farewell ye dungeons, [D] dark & strong This [G] wretch’s desti[C]nie [G] MacPherson's time will [F] not be long [G] On yonder [C] gallows [G] tree [D] {c: } [G] Sae rantin’ly, sae [D] wantonly Sae [G]dauntedly ga'ed [C] he He [G] played a spring and [F] danced it 'round Be[G]low the [C] gallows [G] tree [D] {c: } [G] 'Twas by a woman's [D] treacherous hand That I [G] was condemned to [C] dee. [G] Below a ledge at a [F] window she stood [G] And a blanket she [C] threw o'er [G] me. [D] {c: } [G] Sae rantin’ly, sae [D] wantonly Sae [G]dauntedly ga'ed [C] he He [G] played a spring and [F] danced it 'round Be[G]low the [C] gallows [G] tree [D] {c: } There's [G] some come here tae [D] see me hanged And [G] some to buy my [C] fiddle. [G] But before I do [F] part wi' her [G] I'll brak her [C] thro' the [G] middle. [D] {c: } [G] Sae rantin’ly, sae [D] wantonly Sae [G]dauntedly ga'ed [C] he He [G] played a spring and [F] danced it 'round Be[G]low the [C] gallows [G] tree [D] {c: } He [G] took the fiddle in [D] both of his hands And he [G] broke it o'er a [C] stone. [G] Says,"There's nae ither hand shall [F] play on thee [G] When I am [C] dead and [G] gone." [D] {c: } [G] Sae rantin’ly, sae [D] wantonly Sae [G]dauntedly ga'ed [C] he He [G] played a spring and [F] danced it 'round Be[G]low the [C] gallows [G] tree [D] {c: } [G] Now farewell light thou [D] sunshine bright And [G] all beneath the [C] sky! [G] May coward shame dis[F]dain his name, [G] The wretch that [C] dares not [G] die! [D] {c: } [G] The reprieve was comin' o'er the [D] brig o' Banf Tae [G] let MacPherson [G] free, [G] But they pit the clock a [F] quarter before [G] And hanged him [C] tae the [G] tree. [D]