The Queens Maries

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Yestre'en the Queen had four Marys
               Em        G
Tonicht she'll hae but three
           F   G         Em   C
There was Mary Seaton and Mary 
Beaton
Am       G          C
Mary Carmichael and me


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Oh little did my mother think
             Em     G
The day she cradled me
    F       G       Em     C
The lands I was tae travel in
     Am     G       C
The death I was tae die

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Oh tie a napkin round my e'en
           Em     G
No let me see to die
    F        G        Em      C
And send nae word tae my dear mother
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      Am       G         C
Who's far awa' o'er the sea

C                              F 
But I wish I could lie in oor ain
       C
 kirk yard
            Em       G
Beneath yon old oak tree
         F          G
Where we pulled the rowans
    Em         C
And strung the gowans
   Am           G            C
My brothers and sisters and me

C                            F   C
Yestre'en the Queen had four Marys
                Em      G
Tonicht she'll hae but three
           F    G         Em
There was Mary Seaton and Mary 
   C
Beaton
Am   G              C
Mary Carmichael and me


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But why should I fear a nameless 
    C
grave
                    Em    G
When I've hopes for eternity
         F             G       Em
And I'll pray that the faith 
     C
o'dying quick
   Am            G         C
Be given through grace to me


C                            F   C
Yestre'en the Queen had four Marys
                Em       G
Tonicht she'll hae but three

          F    G         Em   C
There was Mary Seaton and Mary 
Beaton
Am   G              C
Mary Carmichael and me



          F    G         Em   C
There was Mary Seaton and Mary 
Beaton
Am   G              C
Mary Carmichael and me