Ramsay's Tea-Table Miscellany, 1768, p. 356.
| 1 |
Ye Highlands, and ye Lawlands,
Oh where have you been?
They have slain the Earl of Murray,
And they layd him on the green. |
| 2 |
'Now wae be to thee, Huntly!
And wherefore did you sae?
I bade you bring him wi you,
But forbade you him to slay.' |
| 3 |
He was a braw gallant,
And he rid at the ring;
And the bonny Earl of Murray,
Oh he might have been a king! |
| 4 |
He was a braw gallant,
And he playd at the ba;
And the bonny Earl of Murray
Was the flower amang them a'. |
| 5 |
He was a braw gallant,
And he playd at the glove;
And the bonny Earl of Murray,
Oh he was the Queen's love! |
| 6 |
Oh lang will his lady
Look oer the castle Down,
Eer she see the Earl of Murray
Come sounding thro the town!
Eer she, etc. |
