Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song MacPherson's Lament, artist - Battlefield Band. Date of issue: 09.11.2008
Song language: English
MacPherson's Lament |
| Farewell ye dungeons dark and strong |
| The wretch’s destiny |
| MacPherson’s life will no' be long |
| On yonder gallows tree |
| Sae rantingly, sae wantonly |
| Sae dauntingly gaed he |
| He played a tune and he danced aroon |
| Below the gallows tree |
| Oh what is death but parting breath |
| On mony’s the blood plain |
| I’ve seen his face and in this place |
| I scorn him yet again |
| Sae rantingly, sae wantonly |
| Sae dauntingly gaed he |
| He played a tune and he danced aroon |
| Below the gallows tree |
| I’ve lived a life of grief and strife |
| I die by treachery |
| But it breaks my heart, I must depart |
| And not avengád be |
| Gae take these bonds from off my hands |
| And bring tae me my sword |
| And there’s no' a man in all Scotland |
| But I’d brave him at his word |
| So farewell strife and sunshine bright |
| And all beneath the sky |
| May coward shame disdain the name |
| O' the wretch that dare not die |
| Sae rantingly, sae wantonly |
| Sae dauntingly gaed he |
| He played a tune and he danced aroon |
| Below the gallows tree |