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 'Yestreen the Queen had four Maries, The night she'll hae but three; There was Marie Seaton, and Marie Beaton, And Marie Carmichael, and me.

'O often have I dress'd my Queen And put gowd upon her hair; But now I've gotten for my reward The gallows to be my share.

'Often have I dress'd my Queen And often made her bed; But now I've gotten for my reward The gallows tree to tread.

'I charge ye all, ye mariners, When ye sail owre the faem, Let neither my father nor mother get wit But that I'm coming hame.

'I charge ye all, ye mariners, That sail upon the sea, That neither my father nor mother get wit The dog's death I'm to die.

'For if my father and mother got wit, And my bold brethren three, O mickle wad be the gude red blude This day wad be spilt for me!

'O little did my mother ken, The day she cradled me, The lands I was to travel in Or the death I was to die!