We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

MacPherson's Rant

from The Seas Between Us by Sophie Ramsay

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Beautifully packaged CD with photography and design by Dave Maric

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Seas Between Us via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days

      £10 GBP or more 

     

lyrics

Fareweel, ye dungeons dark and strang
Fareweel, fareweel, said he
MacPherson's time will no' be lang
Alow the gallows tree

Chorus:
Sae rantingly, sae wantonly
Sae dauntingly gaed he
He played a tune and he danced aroon'
Alow the gallows tree

It was by a woman's treacherous hand
That I was condemned tae dee
Aboon a ledge at a windae she stood
And a blanket she threw o'er me

Untie these bands frae aff o' my hands
And gie tae me my sword
There's no a man in a' Scotland
But I'd brave him at his word

It's some come here tae see me hang
And some tae buy my fiddle
But afore that I would part wi' her
I'd brak' her through the middle

He took his fiddle into baith of his hands
And he brak' it o'er a stone
Said, Nae ither hands shall play on thee
When I am deid and gane

Ach, little did my mother think
When first she cradled me
That I would turn a roving boy
And die on the gallows tree

The reprieve it was coming o'er the Brig o' Banff
Tae set MacPherson free
But they put the clock tae a quarter afore
And they hanged him tae the tree

credits

from The Seas Between Us, released September 21, 2016

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Sophie Ramsay image

Sophie Ramsay UK

Sophie Ramsay sings old and new folk: songs from her native Scotland alongside originals with poetic lyrics. ‘The Glassy Mountain' (2013): ‘undeniably beautiful’ (fRoots), 'Joanna Newsom meets Belle and Sebastian' (R2). ‘The Seas Between Us’ (2016): 'Atmospheric, elegant and beguiling.' (Songlines). ‘Deeply moving’ (fRoots). Sophie tours regularly with cellist singer Sarah Smout. ... more

contact / help

Contact Sophie Ramsay

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Sophie Ramsay, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now