{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch181.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch181.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch181.htm","text":"181A.1 YE Highlands, and ye Lawlands,\nOh where have you been?\nThey have slain the Earl of Murray,\nAnd they layd him on the green.\n181A.2 \u2018Now wae be to thee, Huntly!\nAnd wherefore did you sae?\nI bade you bring him wi you,\nBut forbade you him to slay.\u2019\n181A.3 He was a braw gallant,\nAnd he rid at the ring;\nAnd the bonny Earl of Murray,\nOh he might have been a king!\n181A.4 He was a braw gallant,\nAnd he playd at the ba;\nAnd the bonny Earl of Murray\nWas the flower amang them a\u2019.\n181A.5 He was a braw gallant,\nAnd he playd at the glove;\nAnd the bonny Earl of Murray,\nOh he was the Queen\u2019s love!\n181A.6 Oh lang will his lady\nLook oer the castle Down,\nEer she see the Earl of Murray\nCome sounding thro the town!\nEer she, etc.\n181B: The Bonnie Earl o\u2019 Moray\n181B.1 \u2018OPEN the gates,\nand let him come in;\nHe is my brother Huntly,\nhe\u2019ll do him nae harm.\u2019\n181B.2 The gates they were opent,\nthey let him come in,\nBut fause traitor Huntly,\nhe did him great harm.\n181B.3 He\u2019s ben and ben,\nand ben to his bed,\nAnd with a sharp rapier\nhe stabbed him dead.\n181B.4 The lady came down the stair,\nwringing her hands:\n\u2018He has slain the Earl o Murray,\nthe flower o Scotland.\u2019\n181B.5 But Huntly lap on his horse,\nrade to the king:\n\u2018Ye\u2019re welcome hame, Huntly,\nand whare hae ye been?\n181B.6 \u2018Whare hae ye been?\nand how hae ye sped?\u2019\n\u2018I\u2019ve killed the Earl o Murray,\ndead in his bed.\u2019\n181B.7 \u2018Foul fa you, Huntly!\nand why did ye so?\nYou might have taen the Earl o Murray,\nand saved his life too.\u2019\n181B.8 \u2018Her bread it\u2019s to bake,\nher yill is to brew;\nMy sister\u2019s a widow,\nand sair do I rue.\n181B.9 \u2018Her corn grows ripe,\nher meadows grow green,\nBut in bonny Dinnibristle\nI darena be seen.\u2019","title":"The Child Ballads: 181. The Bonnie Earl o' Moray","type":"page"}