Lyrics:
fee
Or have you come to see me hangin' from the gallows tree?
I have not brought you hope, I have not paid your fee
Yes I have come to see you
bring silver to set me free?
For to save my body from the cold jail wall and me neck from the high gallows tree.
I’ve no gold! I’ve no silver to set you
Farewell ye dungeons dark and strong
Farewell, farewell to thee
McPherson's life will no' be long
On yonder gallows-tree
So rantin'ly so wantin'ly
upon the gallow's tree.
"Oh, where's my love, she's so long in coming,
And what detains her so long from me;
Perhaps she thinks it's a shame,
the gallows tree.
Chorus:
Sae rantonly, sae wantonly,
Sae dauntingly played he.
He played a tune and he danced a-roon,
Below the gallows tree.
It's little
and the keys
Get high
Get low
Run faster
Run more
You're alone
You see
On your own
Gallows tree
But take a breath
Get a hole
Find a place
Get a Rolex
And eat
for the likes of me
Who's that hanging from the gallow tree
His eyes are hollow but he looks like me
Who's that swinging from the gallow tree
Up jumped
for the likes of me
Who's that hanging from the gallows tree
His eyes are plucked but he looks like me
Now who's that swinging from the gallows
upon the gallows tree
"What keeps my love so long in coming
Oh what detains her so long from me
Or does she think it a shame or scandal
To see me
for the likes of me
Who's that hanging from the gallows tree
His eyes are plucked but he looks like me
Now who's that swinging from the gallows
High upon the gallows tree swung
The noble hearted three
By the vengeful tyrant stricken
In their bloom but they met him face to face
With
She'll be given up the ghost
Can't get no mercy from pillar to post
There underneath the gallow-tree
She'll be given to the beast
Hung like a peach
my liberty
At the gallows tree
Found that body lying in the street
Caked in blood and dust from head to feet
For this heinous crime I have to pay
But
Take a walk
And you'll find it too narrow
Too narrow for the likes of me
Who's that hanging from the gallow tree
His eyes are hollow but he looks like
Farewell ye dungeons, dark & strong
This wretches destiny
MacPherson's day will nae be long
Allow the gallows tree
Say rauntingly, say wantonly
for the likes of me
Who's that hanging from the gallows tree
His eyes are hollow but he looks like me
Who's that hanging from the gallows tree
Up jumped
High upon the gallows tree
Swung the noble hearted three
By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom
But they met him face to face
With
High upon the gallows tree
Swung the noble hearted three
By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom
But they met him face to face
With
upon the gallows tree
"What keeps my love so long in coming
Oh what detains her so long from me
Or does she think it a shame or scandal
To see me
was captured, and he went to trial.
The judge said, you'll never be free.
You'll be hung on the gallows tree.
Mother and father, won't you come here.
Ireland dear we fall
High upon the gallows tree swung the noble hearted three
By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom
But they met him face to face
on the gallows tree
The crows will pick your bones"
And our ship was high upon the sea
When pirates came along
But the soldiers on our convict ship
Were
on the gallows tree
The crows will pick your bones"
And our ship was high upon the sea
When pirates came along
But the soldiers on our convict ship
Were
thousand times
Than hang from a gallow's tree.
Chorus
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