| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Anonymous. 17th Cent. |
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| 386. The Bonny Earl of Murray |
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| YE Highlands and ye Lawlands, | |
| O where hae ye been? | |
| They hae slain the Earl of Murray, | |
| And hae laid him on the green. | |
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| 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. | |
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| He was a braw gallant, | |
| And he rid at the ring; | 10 |
| Ana the bonny Earl of Murray, | |
| O he might hae been a king! | |
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| 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'! | |
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| 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 |
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| 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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