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Mary Hamilton

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OriginaleLa "cover" francese di Marie Laforêt (1971)
MARY HAMILTON

Word's gane to the kitchen,
And word's gane to the ha’
That Mary Hamilton gangs wi bairn
To the hichest Stewart of a’.

He's courted her in the kitchen,
He's courted her in the ha’,
He's courted her in the laigh cellar
And that was warst of a’!

She's tyed it in her apron
And she's thrown it in the sea;
Says, "Sink ye, swim ye, bonny wee babe!
You’l ne’er get mair o’ me."

Down then cam the auld queen,
Goud tassels tying her hair:
"O Marie, where's the bonny wee babe
That I heard greet sae sair?"

"There was never a babe intill my room,
As little designs to be;
It was but a touch o my sair side
Come o'er my fair bodie."

"O Marie, put on your robes o’ black,
Or else your robes o’ brown,
For ye maun gang wi’ me the night
To see fair Edinbro’ town."

"I winna put on my robes o’ black,
Nor yet my robes o’ brown,
But I’ll put on my robes o’ white
To shine through Edinbro’ town."

When she gaed up the Cannogate,
She laugh'd loud laughters three;
But whan she cam down the Cannogate
The tear blinded her ee.

When she gaed up the Parliament stair,
The heel cam aff her shee;
And lang or she cam down again
She was condemned to dee.

Whan she cam down the Cannogate,
The Cannogate sae free,
Many a ladie look'd o'er her window
Weeping for this ladie.

"Ye need nae weep for me", she says,
"Ye need nae weep for me;
For had I not slain mine own sweet babe,
This death I wadna dee.

"Bring me a bottle of wine", she says,
"The best that e'er ye hae,
That I may drink to my weil-wishers,
An they may drink to me.

"Here's a health to the jolly sailors,
That sail upon the main;
Let them never let on to my father and mother,
But what I'm coming hame.

"Here's a health to the jolly sailors,
That sail upon the sea;
Let them never let on to my father an mother
That I cam here to dee.

"O little did my mother think
The day she cradled me,
What lans I was to travel through,
What death I was to dee.

"O little did my father think,
The day he held up me,
What lands I was to travel through,
What death I was to dee.

"Last night I wash'd the queen's feet,
An gently laid her down;
And a’ the thanks I’ve gotten the night,
To be hang’d in Edinbro’ town.

"Last nicht there was four Maries,
The nicht there'l bee bit three;
There was Marie Seton, an Marie Beton,
And Marie Carmichael, and me."
MARY HAMILTON

Enfants, nous étions très unis
C'est fou comme on a ri
Bien sûr, j'étais toujours punie
Mais Mary Hamilton aussi

Après, j'ai rencontré Tony
Au bal un jour d'avril
J'étais en blanc, il a souri
A Mary Hamilton aussi

Bien sûr, c'est elle qu'il a choisie
Elle est tellement jolie
Le soir, ils ont dansé et ri
Mary Hamilton et lui

Tony embarque vendredi
Près de Londonderry
Je me sens si seule aujourd'hui
Mary Hamilton aussi

Toutes les femmes ont dans leur vie
Un marin, un mari
Qu'elles attendent ou qu'elles oublient
Mary Hamilton aussi

Elles attendent, je les envie
J'envie Mary Hamilton aussi


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