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MacPherson's Rant

from Bottle Hymns by The Grinning Barretts

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Farewell ye dungeons dark and strong
Farewell, farewell to thee
MacPherson's time will not be long
On yonder gallows tree
It was by a woman's treacherous hands
I was condemned to dee
She stood upon a window ledge
And a blanket threw o'er me

What is death, but parting breath
Money a bloody pain
I've doured his face, and in his place
I curse him once again
I have lived a life o straught and strife
And I die by treachery
It burns my heart that I must depart
And no avenged be

Take these bands from off my hands
An give to me my sword
There's not a man in all Scotland
I'll brave him at a word
May cowards shame distain the name
Of the wretch who would not die

There's some come here to see me hanged, and some to buy my fiddle
But before I part with her, I'll break it through the middle

Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
Sae dauntingly gae'd he
He played a tune and danced around
Below the gallows tree

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from Bottle Hymns, released July 14, 2023

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