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Marianna o' the Howe was a young lassie wi' gowden hairSweet and honest, true and bonnie, and lover of one John SinclairMarianna met the factor at the dawning, at the foldAnd he said, "Lie with me now, Marianna, and you will not want for gold""Well, I thank you for your offer, but I fear it canna beI maun lie with John Sinclair, for he's the only one for me"So the factor, sore affronted, whispered evil of her nameEvery sorrow and misfortune 'twas Marianna was to blameSoon there came a deputation Marianna for to seeFor to slight her reputation, "The de'il has laid his hands on theeYe've soured the cream and blighted the corn and danced wi' fairies on the hillYe who are of devil born and ye who bow to no man's will"Seven evenings, seven mornings, they spoke of Marianna illThere they shamed her, stripped her and maimed her, but they never tamed her will"Let her sweetness not deceive you, evil hides itself right wellOnce within, it will never leave you, Marianna, you'll burn in hell""Who are these who stand against me? Who are these who slight my name?Let them tell their lies before God and let them hang their heads in shame"Then she saw a sight that grieved her, all the hope inside her diedJohn Sinclair all clad in satin standing at the factor's side"I was child and now a woman, but I shall be no man's wifeLetras de cancionesFor my love has me forsaken, and I want no more of this life"They've shorn the hair from Marianna, the witch's snare of gowden threadMarched her tae the Gallowsha' and whipped her sair until she bledIn the crowd she spied her lover, and he had his new coat onSoon the flames danced all above her, and the people danced 'til the dawnMarianna o' the Howe, was a young lassie wi' gowden hairSweet and honest, true and bonnie, betrayed by the factor and John Sinclair From Letras Mania