Notes and Queries, Sixth Series, VI, 476, 1882: "sung in
Forfarshire, forty years ago."
TOP, |
stop, . . .
. . . . .
I think I see my father coming,
. . . . . |
2 |
'O hae ye brocht my silken cloak,
Or my golden key?
Or hae ye come to see he hanged,
On this green gallows-tree?' |
3 |
'I've neither brocht your silken cloak,
Nor your golden key,
But I have come to see you hanged,
On this green gallows-tree.'
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4 |
'I've neither brocht your silken cloak,
Nor your golden key,
But I am come to set you free
From this green gallows-tree.' |