95. The Bonny Earl of Murray. Quiller-Couch, Arthur, ed. 1910. The Oxford Book of Ballads

Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (1863–1944). The Oxford Book of Ballads. 1910.

95. The Bonny Earl of Murray


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

II Now wae be to thee, Huntley!	5
And whairfore did ye sae!
I bade you bring him wi’ you,
But forbade you him to slay.

III He was a braw gallant,
And he rid at the ring;	10
And the bonny Earl of Murray,
O he might hae been a king!

IV He was a braw gallant,
And he play’d at the ba’;
And the bonny Earl of Murray	15
Was the flower amang them a’!

V 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!	20

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