Song of Mary, Queen of Scots by Ted Sullivan

Words to the Song

"Mary, Queen of Scots
(Fotheringhay)"

wonderfully sung at our reception
in the dark, candlelit outdoor evening
at the haunted Talbot Hotel
by the song's author,
Ted Sullivan.

Afterwards, it was said that night that if ever Mary, Queen of Scots, needed to be put at peace, this song surely helped to put her so.

Mary Queen of Scots

(Fotheringhay)

Words and music by E.C. Sullivan

(Circle in A minor, C and F chords repeated throughout)

MANY hundred years ago
lived a lady fair,
She had lightning in her eyes
and auburn in her hair.
Mary Stuart was her name,
there's many called her queen
Fear and hate and jealousy
made her play a dangerous game

Chorus:

Mary Queen of Scots, she was
born of royal birth,
but her secrets all remain
buried in the earth
A troubled spirit still cries out
to this very day
And that's why only thistles grow
on the hill at Fotheringhay

We must confess Queen Elizabeth
thought Mary sought her crown
She felt compelled to find a way
to keep her cousin down
She sent her to imprisonment,
for years Mary's locked away,
Then to a castle on a hill
at the village of Fotheringhay

Constant cries of conspiracy,
Mary did surround
She was tried for treason
And the axe man came to town.
(In the early morning hours, the bloody
deed was done)
With Mary gone, there was no one
who might claim the throne.
Elizabeth could sleep at night
but her heart had turned to stone

Chorus rpt:

Now Mary's judge is history
Did she deserve this grief?
Or like so many others,
was she a victim of her beliefs?

The castle was abandoned,
the walls were taken away
When Mary died, did they realise
her son would be their king one day?

And still those wild, bloody thistles
grow
on the hill at Fotheringhay.

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