Mary Hamilton (Niles No. 51A) 1. "Rised up, rised up, Mary Hamilton, Rised up and tell unto me: What did you with that sweet little boy You dandled on your knee, You dandled on your knee?" 2. "Speak not, speak not agin my name, And let your folly be. It was no baby ye hear cryin' But misery that pained me." (repeat last line of each verse) 3. She had not been to the King's high court A twelvemonth and a day. Oh, it's never she went to comfort the Queen But often she went to play. 4. Queen Mary came a-trippeling, Her hair so fine to see: "What did you with that sweet little boy You dandled on your knee?" 5. "I rowed him in my handkerchief, I throwed him in the sea. I could not have him come between The prince's bed and me." 6. "Oh, it's little did my mother know The day she held up my head, What lands my foot would fall upon Or how I'd earn my bread." 7. "Oh, it's little did my father think The day he gathered me in, That I would go in furrin land And die on gallows' pin." 8. She would no wear the velvet gown, She would not wear the brown, "Oh, it's dress me up in red and scarlet When I pass through the town." 9. "Cast off, cast off my scarlet gown, And then a napkin tie Around my eyes lest I shall see The death I am to die." 10. "Last night Queen Mary had four Maries, The night she'll have only three. 'Twas Mary Seaton and Mary Beaton And Mary Carmichael and me." 11. "Last night I washed Queen Mary's feet And combed her golden hair. The gallow's pin is my reward And shame beyond my shame."