Tom: A
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Sae rantonly, sae wantonly,
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Sae dauntonly gaed he -
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For he played a tune and he danced aroond
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Below the gallows tree
[Verse 1]
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It was by a woman's treacherous hand
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That I was condemned to dee;
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She stood uben a windae ledge,
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A blanket she threw o'er me
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantonly, sae wantonly,
A D
Sae dauntonly gaed he -
A E
For he played a tune and he danced aroond
A D E7
Below the gallows tree
[Verse 2]
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O, the Laird o' Grant, that Hieland saint,
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That first laid hands on me -
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He placed the cause on Peter Broon
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To let MacPherson dee
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantonly, sae wantonly,
A D
Sae dauntonly gaed he -
A E
For he played a tune and he danced aroond
A D E7
Below the gallows tree
[Verse 3]
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So tak off these bands frae roond my hands
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And gie to me my fiddle -
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There's nae a man in a' Scotland
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That brave's me at my word
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantonly, sae wantonly,
A D
Sae dauntonly gaed he -
A E
For he played a tune and he danced aroond
A D E7
Below the gallows tree
[Verse 4]
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O, there's some come here to see me hung
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And some to buy my fiddle,
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Before I would depairt wi' her
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I'd brak her through the middle
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantonly, sae wantonly,
A D
Sae dauntonly gaed he -
A E
For he played a tune and he danced aroond
A D E7
Below the gallows tree
[Verse 5]
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I took my fiddle in both my hands
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And broke her ower a stone;
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There's nae anither will play on thee
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When I am dead and gone
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantonly, sae wantonly,
A D
Sae dauntonly gaed he -
A E
For he played a tune and he danced aroond
A D E7
Below the gallows tree
[Verse 6]
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Little did my mither think
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When first she cradled me,
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That I would turn a rovin' lad
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And be hung on a gallows tree
[Chorus]
A E
Sae rantonly, sae wantonly,
A D
Sae dauntonly gaed he -
A E
For he played a tune and he danced aroond
A D E7
Below the gallows tree
[Verse 7]
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His reprieve was comin' o'er the brig o' Banff
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To set MacPherson free
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Well they put the clock a quarter afore
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They hanged him from the tree
