The Clancy Brothers - MacPherson's Lament
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Uploaded by vlikavec on Jul 18, 2008
with LOUIS KILLEN
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Farewell, ye dungeons dark and drear, 1 6m
Farewell, farewell to ye, 1 5
MacPherson's live will no be long 1 4 5
Round yonder gallows-tree.
Say rantingly and say wantonly,
Say dauntingly gaed he;
He play'd a tune, and danc'd it round
Below yon gallows-tree.
Take off these bands from on my hands
And give to me my sword
For there's no a man in all Scotland
But I'll brave him at his word
Now there's some come here for to see me hung
and some to buy my fiddle
but before that I will part with her
I'll break her through the middle.
So he took his fiddle in both his hands
And he broke it o'er a stone,
Saying there's no other hand shall play on thee
When I am dead and gone.
The reprieve was coming o the Brig o' Banf
To set MacPherson free,
But they put the clock a quarter before
And they hanged him from a tree.
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Louis Killen rocks the harmony vocals!
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@shieldwolf49 Wales is following right along, only recently having voted to stiff Westminster in favor of the Welsh making laws for the Welsh!
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Russian translation of this song: copy-paste "Крошка Джон" and search. You'll be delighted!
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aye he is an ancestor of mine too
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This song is about an ancestor of mine James McPherson who was hanged in Banff in 1700
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@Bartoniusz28 it's also the most popular appanrently.
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i prefer rawlins cross version but yeah this is very well done!
(>^_^)>
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Nice, but the best version i have heard comes from the Battlefield band. Havent found it on youtube but i have a cd with it, look it up its worth the $.
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This version of song is the best I heard. It's of course my opinion :)
Bartoniusz28 3 years ago 14
Scotland will be soon "SCOTLAND"!
their own glens! ♥
shieldwolf49 1 year ago 6