In Scottish fashion to be wed
Hugh Mc Kee to the Tavern did go
And all were assembled there
Bar the bride who did not show
And Hugh was disappointed
Beside himself and distraught
Humiliated and angry
Decreed that marry the bridesmaid he ought.
And on her giving to him her consent
The ceremony it then went ahead
Only for the bride to turn up
As the bridesmaid and groom as man and wife were made
Of hearing the calamity
Her dressmaker held her up she exclaimed
And rode in all the way on horseback
And by her friend was shamed
And she eerily predicted
That the man she may have won
But Judgement would fall on her
And him for what they had done.
And in time came the troubles
And fear and fighting was great
The peasantry was up in arms
In the year of 98
And the croppies came a calling
To with violence settle a score
For McKee had men hung falsely
Claiming they attacked his house some years before
And they set fire to the welling
And in the inferno Hugh lost his life
As did his five sons and three daughters
And also his Bridesmaid wife
Some said it was just an event of the times
Others darkly said they were not surprised
For a brides curse is a powerful one
And it seemed the Brides Curse was realised.
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