Ballads and Songs By Unknown Authors. 17th Cent.
386. The Bonny Earl of Murray
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140 words

YE Highlands and ye Lawlands, O where hae ye been? They hae slain the Earl of Murray,   And hae laid him on the green.

Now wae be to thee, Huntley!   And whairfore did ye sae! I bade you bring him wi' you,   But forbade you him to slay.

He was a braw gallant,   And he rid at the ring; Ana the bonny Earl of Murray,   O he might hae been a king!

He was a braw gallant,   And he play'd at the ba'; And the bonny Earl of Murray   Was the flower amang them a'!

He was a braw gallant,   And he play'd at the gluve; And the bonny Earl of Murray,   O he was the Queen's luve!

O lang will his Lady   Look owre the Castle Downe, Ere she see the Earl of Murray   Come sounding through the town!

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