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!           
  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;           
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           
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!           

VI

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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