A Scottish Tradegy
Douglas Moffatt went to Dumfries
To try to find some work
Though he didn't have a job
He had never been known to shirk
There he saw Mary Port
A very pretty girl
Whose lovely smile delighted him
And set his mind all in a whirl
They stepped out together hand in hand
Mary Port and he
Then one day with a smile and a kiss
She invited him home for tea
There he met her sister
Who took him aside
She said Mary had a suitor
She was promised as his bride
The suitors name was Clarence Field
A very nasty man
She said “If he find out about you
He will kill you if he can”
Douglas didn't care at all
Mary was his love
He swore that he would marry her
He swore by the Lord above
But Clarence Field sought him out
He challenged him to fight
A duel with weapons of his choice
To take place that very night
Douglas he chose pistols
He wasn't going to yield
So that night they faced each other
At ten paces in a field
Just as they cocked their pistols
They heard Mary shout out “stop !”
She jumped in between them
But too late and she was shot
A single bullet pierced her heart
And as she lay on the ground
She whispered “I love you both”
As the people gathered round
The two men looked at each other
and both of them cried
As their tears began to fall
Mary sadly died
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