McPherson's Lament chords by The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
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Verse 1
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Farewell,
Ye
Dungeons
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Farewell, dark and strong
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Farewell, farewell to ye.
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Macpherson's life will no be long,
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On yonder gallows tree.
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Say rantantly, say wantantly,
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And say dauntingly, gay thee.
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He played a tune, and he danced around
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Below the gallows tree.
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There some come here
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far to see me hung
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And some to buy my fiddle
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But before that I do part with her
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I'll break her through the mill
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He took his fiddle in both of his hands,
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And he broke it o 'er a stone.
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Sin there's no other hand
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shall play on thee,
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When I am dead and gone.
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Say rantantly, say fontanely,
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And say dauntingly gay thee,
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He played a tune, and he danced around
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Below the gallows tree.
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The reprieve was coming,
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o 'er the brig of
Banff
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They set
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Macpherson free
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But they put the clock a quarter before
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And they hanged him
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from a tree
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He played a tune,
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and he danced around
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Below the gallows tree.
McPherson's Lament
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
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