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Won't you help support DayPoems? The Four MarysBy Anonymous16th CenturyChild Ballad 173 Last night there were four Marys Tonight there'll be but three There was Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton And Mary Carmichael and me. Oh, often have I dressed my queen And put on her braw silk gown But all the thanks I've got tonight Is to be hanged in Edinborough Town Fill often have I dressed my queen Put gold upon her hair But I have got for my reward The gallows to be my share. Oh little did my mother know The day she cradled me The land I was to travel in The death I was to dee. Oh, happy, happy is the maid That's born of beauty free Oh, it was my rosy dimpled cheeks That's been the devil to me. They'll tie a kerchief around my eyes That I may not see to dee And they'll never tell my father or mother But that I'm across the sea. DayPoems Poem No. 2488 Comment on DayPoems? If you are like us, you have strong feelings about poetry, and about each poem you read. Let it all out! Comment on this poem, any poem, DayPoems, other poetry places or the art of poetry at DayPoems Feedback. Won't you help support DayPoems? Click here to learn more about how you can keep DayPoems on the Web . . . Copyright The DayPoems web site, www.daypoems.net, is copyright 2001-2006 by Timothy Keith Bovee. All rights reserved. The authors of poetry and other material appearing on DayPoems retain full rights to their work. Any requests for publication in other venues must be negotiated separately with the authors. The editor of DayPoems will gladly attempt to assist in putting interested parties in contact with the authors. |
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