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The Bonnie Earl of Moray, anonymous "vendetta portrait" of the murdered James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray, 1592 " The Bonnie Earl o' Moray " ( Child 181, [ 1 ] Roud 334 [ 2 ] ) is a popular Scottish ballad , which may date from as early as the 17th century.
The Bonnie Earl O'Moray (published 1917); lyrics by Reinhold von Warlich; Cradle Song (published 1915); based on Caprice Viennois; Drei Nachtgesänge (Three Night Songs) (published 1921); on poems of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
James Stewart, 2nd Lord Doune, jure uxoris 2nd Earl of Moray (c. 1565 – 7 February 1592), [1] was a Scottish nobleman. He was murdered by George Gordon, Earl of Huntly as the culmination of a vendetta. Known as the Bonnie Earl for his good looks, he became the subject of a popular ballad, "The Bonnie Earl of Moray".
Pages in category "Middle Scots poems" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... The Bonnie Earl o' Moray; The Buik of Alexander; Buke of the ...
In a 1954 essay in Harper's Magazine, Sylvia Wright described how, as a young girl, she misheard the last line of the first stanza from the ballad "The Bonnie Earl o' Moray" (from Thomas Percy's 1765 book Reliques of Ancient English Poetry).
Lord Doune's son James Stewart married, in 1581, Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray, and assumed, jure uxoris (in right of his wife), the title of the Earl of Moray. Moray quarrelled with George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, and on 7 February 1592 Huntly attacked and burned Donibristle. Moray attempted to flee but was caught and killed.
O'er his banes [bones], when they are bare, The wind sall [shall] blaw for evermair. There are a few different versions of this anonymously authored poem. The full text of at least one version of the poem is as follows: As I was walking all alane, [g] I heard twa [h] corbies [i] making a mane; [j] The tane [k] unto the t'other say,
The Bonnie Earl o' Moray; Bonnie George Campbell; Bonny Baby Livingston; Bonny Bee Hom; The Bonny Birdy; The Bonny Hind; The Bonny Lass of Anglesey; Bonny Lizie Baillie; The Boy and the Mantle; Broom of the Cowdenknowes; The Broomfield Hill; Broughty Wa's; Brown Adam; The Brown Girl; Brown Robin; Brown Robyn's Confession; Burd Ellen and Young ...