But little wist Marie Hamilton,
When she rade on the brown,
That she was ga'en to Edinburgh town,
And a' to be put down.
"Why weep ye so, ye burgess wives,65
Why look ye so on me?
O I am going to Edinburgh town,
A rich wedding for to see."
When she gaed up the tolbooth stairs,
The corks frae her heels did flee;70
And lang or e'er she cam down again,
She was condemn'd to die.
When she cam to [the Netherbow port],
She laughed loud laughters three;
But when she cam to the gallows foot,75
The tears blinded her ee.
[ "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.80]
"O often have I dress'd my Queen,
And put gold upon her hair;
But now I've gotten for my reward
The gallows to be my share.
"Often have I dress'd my Queen,85
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 ower the faem,90
Let neither my father nor mother get wit,
But that I'm coming hame.