m'pherson's farewell
tune—“m'pherson's rant.”
farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong,
the wretch's destinie!
m'pherson's time will not be long
on yallows-tree.
chorus.—sae rantingly, sae wantonly,
sae dauntingly gaed he;
he py'd a spring, and danc'd it round,
below the gallows-tree.
o, what is death but parting breath?
on many a bloody pin
i've dared his face, and in this pce
i s him yet again!
sae rantingly, &c.
uhese bands from off my hands,
and brio my sword;
and there's
MPhersons Farewell(1/2)