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Eppy Moray

from The Double​-​Cross by Tempest

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Four-and-twenty Highland men come from the Carron side
To carry away Eppy Moray for she would not be a bride, a bride
She would not be a bride

Then out came her mother for it was a moonlit night
She could not see her daughter for the moon it shone so bright, so bright
The moon it shone so bright

Hold away from me, mother, hold away from me!
There's not a man in all this land should married be with me, with me
Should married be with me

They've taken Eppy Moray, and a horse they've bound her on
And they had rid to a minister's house as fast as horse could run, could run
As fast as horse could run

Then Willie he's taken his pistol out and set it to the minister's breast
Oh marry me, marry me, minister, or else I'll be your priest, your priest
Or else I'll be your priest

Get away from me, Willie, get away from me!
I not avow to marry you unless she's willing as thee, as thee
Unless she's willing as thee

They've taken Eppy Moray then, she'd better could not be
And they have rid over Carron side as fast as horse could flee, could flee
As fast as horse could flee

Mass was sung and bells were rung and they were off to bed
And Willie and Eppy Moray, in one bed they were laid, were laid
In one bed they were laid

He's taken the sack from off his back and kicked away his shoes
And thrown away the chamber key, and naked he's lay down, lay down
And naked he's lay down

Get away from me, Willie, get away from me!
Before I lose my maidenhead I'll try my strength with thee, with thee
I'll try my strength with thee

He's kissed her on the lily breast and held her shoulders two
But aye she grat and aye she spat and turned to the wall, the wall
And turned to the wall

All through the night they wrestled there until the light of day
And Willie grat and Willie swat but he could not stretch her spey, her spey
He could not stretch her spey

Weary for you, Willie, then, for you could not prove a man
For if you gained her maidenhead, she would have held your hand, your hand
She would have held your hand

Go away from me, Lady, go away from me!
There's not a man in all this land shall married be with me, with me
Shall married be with me

Go fetch me a horse, and fetch it like a man
And send me back to my mother, a maiden as I came, I came
A maiden as I came

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from The Double​-​Cross, released February 21, 2006
EPPY MORAY (Trad.)
A Scottish song about a pre-arranged marriage turned upside-down.

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