Fareweel ye dungeons dark and strong
Fareweel, fareweel tae thee
MacPherson's time will no' be long
On yonder gallows tree
It was by a woman's treacherous hand
That I was condemned to dee
She stood abin a windae ledge
And a blanket threw o'er me
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantin'ly
And sae dauntin'ly gaed he
He played a tune and he danced aroond
Ablow the gallows tree
O' what is death but parting breath
On mony a foreign plain
A've dared his face and in his place
A'll scorn him yet again
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantin'ly
And sae dauntin'ly gaed he
He played a tune and he danced aroond
Ablow the gallows tree
I have lived a life of strut and strife
I die by treacherie
An' it burns my heart that I must depart
And no avenged be
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantin'ly
And sae dauntin'ly gaed he
He played a tune and he danced aroond
Ablow the gallows tree
So take off these bands, frae roond my hands
And gie' tae me my sword
Well there's no a man in a' Scotland
That'll brave him at his word
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantin'ly
And sae dauntin'ly gaed he
He played a tune and he danced aroond
Ablow the gallows tree
So farewell light, tho' sunshine bright
And all beneath the sky
May coward shame disdain his name
The wretch that darnae die
Come on nah!
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantin'ly
And sae dauntin'ly gaed he
He played a tune and he danced aroond
Ablow the gallows tree
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantin'ly
And sae dauntin'ly gaed he
He played a tune and he danced aroond
Ablow the gallows tree