Beware you brave heroes
That handle the gun
Take care of wild ramblings
By the setting of the sun
Have you not heard of the accident
That happened of late
Poor young Molly Vaughan
So tragic was her fate
She was going to her uncles
When a shower came on
And she's hid neath a green bush
This weather to shun
Her young love Johnny out a hunting
He's mistook her for a swan
With her apron wrapped round her
And he has shot Molly Vaughan
Oh Molly I love you
You're my only delight
And if your heart would but beat again
I'd wed you this night
It's many a salt tear
On her bosom he's shed
Till with a sigh to his father
Like lightening he's fled
Oh father for great misfortune
I can no longer stay
Oh Johnny lovely Johnny do not run away
Don't leave your home country
'Til your trial comes on
For you'll not be convicted
For the death of a swan
There was judge and there was jury
But no one could see
And the vice lord like thunder
Said hanged he must be
But like a fountain of snow
Molly's vision did appear
Saying Let all those who witness
Know Johnny is cleared
Now Johnny roams near the place
His true love was slain
He weeps bitter tears
But his tears are in vain
And he'll look on the lake
At the swans gliding by
As the sun slowly sinks
In the grey evening sky
Molly Vaughan - Bella Hardy