In 1567 Lord Darnley died
The husband of Mary, the Queen of Scots
Father of James the Sixth, who would succeed
Elizabeth, the first of the Stuarts
On England's throne, and known as James the First...
Darnley may have wanted his Mary dead
So he could be regent, but he was cursed
To die young; he'd made himself unwanted
By Mary and nobles, and was strangled...
Soon, Mary married a third time, and tied
Herself to the Earl of Bothwell. She'd not
Got the knack of choosing good husbands. Fled
To Norway after Scots nobles allied
Against him. In a Danish prison, rots...
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