Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Anonymous. 17th Cent.386. The Bonny Earl of Murray
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! | 5 |
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; | 10 |
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 | 15 |
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! | 20 |
O lang will his Lady | |
Look owre the Castle Downe, | |
Ere she see the Earl of Murray | |
Come sounding through the town! |