Mcpherson's Lament

Mcpherson's Lament - The Clancy Brothers

Farewell ye dungeons dark and strong

Farewell farewell to thee

McPherson's life will no be long

On yonder gallows tree

Sae rantingly sae wantingly

And sae dauntingly gaed he

He played a tune and he danced around

Below the gallows tree

There's some come here for to see me hung

And some to buy my fiddle

But before that I do part with her

I'll break her through the middle

He took his fiddle in both of his hands

And he broke it o'er a stone

Saying There's nae ither hand shall play on thee

When I am dead and gone

Sae rantingly sae wantingly

And sae dauntingly gaed he

He played a tune and he danced around

Below the gallows tree

The reprieve was coming o'er the Brigg of Banff

To set McPherson free

But they put the clock a quarter before

And they hanged him from a tree

Sae rantingly sae wantingly

And sae dauntingly gaed he

He played a tune and he danced around

Below the gallows tree