Tom Roush - Below The Gallows Tree songtekst

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"This is the true story of the death by hanging of 25-year-old Scottish outlaw Jamie MacPherson in 1700. Jamie was born in 1675, the illegitimate son of a Highland laird and a beautiful gypsy girl. He became a man of great physical strength, an expert swordsman, as well as a renowned fiddler. But his career was robbery—his band led by a piper invading the markets. At his final armed robbery, a woman dropped a blanket or carpet over him from a window and he was disarmed and captured. In his final hours in prison, he composed the tune and song MacPherson’s Lament or MacPherson’s Rant, then played it under the gallows and offered his fiddle to anyone in his clan who would play it at his wake. When no one came forward, Jamie busted the fiddle. He was hung in Banff for being an armed gypsy thief. The song was later rewritten by Scottish poet Robert Burns. The busted fiddle lies in the MacPherson Clan Museum near Newtonmore."

Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong
Farewell, farewell to thee
MacPherson's song will not be long
Below the gallows tree

&quot;Say ron-ten-lee, say won-ten-lee
Say don-ten-lee,&quot; played he
He played a tune and he danced aroun'
Below the gallows tree

Untie these bands from off my hands
And give to me my bow
I've naught to leave my Scotland brave
But a tune before I go

&quot;Say ron-ten-lee, say won-ten-lee
Say don-ten-lee,&quot; played he
He played a tune and he danced aroun'
Below the gallows tree

There's some come here to see me hanged
And some to steal my fiddle
But before that I do part with her
I'll break her through the middle

He took the fiddle into both his hands
He broke it o'er his knee
Sayin', &quot;When I am gone no other hands
Shall ever play on thee.&quot;

&quot;Say ron-ten-lee, say won-ten-lee
Say don-ten-lee,&quot; played he
He played a tune and he danced aroun'
Below the gallows tree

Oh, little did my mother know
When she first cradled me
That I would turn a rovin' boy
And die on the gallows tree

&quot;Say ron-ten-lee, say won-ten-lee
Say don-ten-lee,&quot; played he
He played a tune and he danced aroun'
Below the gallows tree

&quot;Say ron-ten-lee, say won-ten-lee
Say don-ten-lee,&quot; played he
He played a tune and he danced aroun'
Below the gallows tree

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