The Bonnie Earl Of Murray – anonymous

You Highlands and you Lowlands.
…Oh! where have you been?
They have slain the Earl of Murray,
…And have laid him on the green.

Now woe be to thee, Huntly,
…And wherefore did you sae?
I bade you bring him with you,
…But forbad you him to slay.

He was a brave gallant,
…And he rid at the ring;
And the bonnie Earl of Murray,
…Oh! he might have been a king.

He was a brave gallant,
…And he play’d at the ba’;
And the bonnie Earl of Murray
…Was the flower among them a’.

He was a brave gallant,
…And he play’d at the glove;
And the bonnie Earl of Murray,
…Oh! he was the Queen’s love.

Oh! long will his lady
…Look over the castle Down,
Ere she see the Earl of Murray
…Come sounding through the town.

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(I have changed some words, such as “hae” to “have”, etc.)

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