Molly Bawn Lyrics

Bonnie Prince Billy Molly Bawn

Come all you young fellas
That handle a gun
Beware of night rambling
By the setting of the sun

And beware of an accident
That happened of late
To one Molly Bawn
And sad was her fate

She was going to her uncle's
When a shower came on
She went under a green bush
The shower to shun

Her white apron around her
He took her for a swan
And he shot her and killed her
By the setting of the sun

He went home to his father's
With his gun in his hand
Crying "Father dear father
I have shot Molly Bawn.

"I have shot that fair damsel
I have taken the life
Of the one I intended
To take as my wife.

"She was going to her uncle's
When a shower came on
She went under a green bush
Yeah, the shower to shun.

"With her white apron around her
I took her for a swan
And I shot her and killed her
By the setting of the sun."

Well Jimmy dear Jimmy
Do not run away
Do not leave your own country
Before your trial day.