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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. [3]
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".
"Riddles Wisely Expounded" is a traditional English song, dating at least to 1450. It is Child Ballad 1 and Roud 161, and exists in several variants. [1] The first known tune was attached to it in 1719.
Heroines who feign death, to win their lovers or for other reasons of escape, are a common motif in ballads. [2] The hero who feigns death to draw a timid maiden is less common, but still often appears as in "Willie's Lyke-Wake", Child ballad 25.
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.
Bessy Bell and Mary Gray (Roud 237, Child 201) is an English-language folk song. The two titular characters sought refuge from the plague in 1645 in a remote spot away from habitation.
'O mother, mother, make my bed, For his death hath quite undone me. 'A hard-hearted creature that I was, To slight one that lovd me so dearly; I wish I had been more kinder to him, The time of his life when he was near me.' So this maid she then did dye, And desired to be buried by him, And repented her self before she dy'd, That ever she did ...
These are in turn derived from an Elizabethan era poem or broadside ballad, "The Cruel Miller". [ 1 ] Possibly modelled on the 17th-century broadside William Grismond's Downfall, or A Lamentable Murther by him Committed at Lainterdine in the county of Hereford on March 12, 1650: Together with his lamentation. , sometimes known as The Bloody ...