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B:C Findlater and M Campbell,Scottish Songs, Lomond Books, 2004
T:The Four Maries
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w:Yes-treen the Queen had four Ma-ries, The nicht she'll ha'e but  three;
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w:There was Ma-rie Sea-ton, And Ma-rie Bea-ton, And Ma-rie Car-mi-chael and me.
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w:Oh oft-en ha'e I dress'd my Queen, And deck'd wi' gowd her hair,
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w:And_ she has gien me in re-turn_ A_ hem-pen scarf to wear.
W:Yestreen the Queen had four Maries,
W:The nicht she'll ha'e but three;
W:was Marie Seaton, And Marie Beaton,
W:And Marie Carmichael and me.
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W:Oh often ha'e I dress'd my Queen,
W:And deck'd wi' gowd her hair,
W:And she has gien me in return
W:A hempen scarf to wear.
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W:I ha'e but just begun to live,
W:And yet this day I dee;
W:Oh, tie a napkin ower my face,
W:That the gallows I mayna see.
W:
W:My father kissed me and little thought,
W:When last he looked on me,
W:That I his last and lo'eliest wean
W:Should hang on a gallows tree.
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W:Oh little died my mother ken,
W:The day she gi'ed me breath,
W:That I should come sae far frae hame
W:And die a shameful death.
W:
W:For if my father and mother got wit,
W:And my bold brethren three,
W:Oh, mickle wad be the guid red blood
W:That day would die for me.