Mary Hamilton

Illustration by [[Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale "Mary Hamilton", or "The Fower Maries" ("The Four Marys"), is a common name for a well-known sixteenth-century ballad from Scotland based on an apparently fictional incident about a lady-in-waiting to a Queen of Scotland. It is Child Ballad 173 and Roud 79.

In all versions of the song, Mary Hamilton is a personal attendant to the Queen of Scots, but precisely which queen is not specified. She becomes pregnant by the Queen's husband, the King of Scots, which results in the birth of a baby. Mary kills the infant – in some versions by casting it out to sea or drowning, and in others by exposure. The crime is seen and she is convicted. The ballad recounts Mary's thoughts about her life and her impending death in a first-person narrative.

Versions of the ballad have been recorded by a number of artists, including Joan Baez, The Corries, and Angelo Branduardi. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Hamilton, Mary Anges
    Published 1926
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    by Barton, David, Hamilton, Mary
    Published 1998
    Printed Book
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    by Barton, David
    Published 1998
    Other Authors: ...Hamilton, Mary...
    Printed Book
  5. 5
    by Robinson, Tracy L
    Published 2017
    Other Authors: ...Howard-Hamilton, Mary F...
    Printed Book
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    by Robinson, Tracy L
    Published 2000
    Other Authors: ...Howard-Hamilton,Mary F...
    Printed Book