So they say the sun was shining
The water gleamed on the Wigtown bay
So they say the wind was howling through
Margaret Wilson, hair all of flaxen
Mary MacLachlan’s of grey
In a years around 1680
They bound the church to the king’s care
Who’d deny his sovereign power
Would soon come to meet their despair
Would soon come to meet their despair
Cry, cry, cry for the wicked
Cry, cry, cry for the shame
Cry, cry cry to the Father
Freedom . . . is now their fame
Freedom . . . is now their fame
In the cold and swirling waters
To the stakes they were tied
There they plunged the Margaret’s bodies
In the cold, cold waves of Solway tide
In the cold, cold waves of Solway tide
Cry, cry, cry for the wicked
Cry, cry, cry for the shame
Cry, cry cry to the Father
Freedom . . . is now their fame
Freedom . . . is now their fame
Freedom from sins mighty power
Freedom from tyranny’s fiercest sword
Freedom from their shackled bodies
Cries of prayer their only word
Cries of prayer ‘neath the waves were heard