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Thread #9556 Message #2510179
Posted By: GUEST,Jean Brown
08-Dec-08 - 04:32 PM
Thread Name: The Four Marys - who were they really?
Subject: RE: The Four Mary's - who were they really?
The 4 Maries:
Mary Seaton
Mary Beaton
Mary Livingston
Mary Fleming.
The song tells of Mary Seaton, Mary Beaton, Mary Carmichael and me (Mary Fleming)
Yestreen (Yesterday?) the Queen had four Maries, the nicht she'll hae but three
There was Mary Seaton, Mary Beaton and Mary Carmichael and me
How often hae I dressed my Queen, and put gouds(plaits?) in her hair,
But noo I've gotten for my reward, the gallows to be my share.