| Allan Ramsay - 1762 - 506 pages
...been a king. &c. IV. He was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the ba* : And the bonny Earl of Murray Was the flower amang them a'. And the, &c. V. He was...•Vi. Oh! lang will his lady Look o'er the caftle Doivn, Ere fhe fee the Earl of Murray Come founding thro' the town. Ereihe, &c. If e'er I do well,... | |
| Thomas Pennant - Scotland - 1776 - 508 pages
...appears from the old ballad on the occafion : He was a braw Gallant, And he played at the Gluve ; * And the bonny Earl of Murray, Oh ! he was the Queen's Love. • For Glaivt, an old word for a fword. ' Then furth he drew his trufty Glaive, Quhyle thousands all... | |
| Thomas Pennant - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1776 - 498 pages
...appears from the old ballad on the occafion : He was a braw Gallant, And he played at the Gluve ; * And the bonny Earl of Murray, Oh ! he was the Queen's Love. • For Glaivt, an old word for a fword. " Then furth he drew his trnfty Glaivt, Quhyle thoufands all... | |
| Thomas Pennant - 1790 - 500 pages
...as appears from the old ballad on the occafion : He was a braw Gallant, And he played at the Gluve*; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Oh ! he was the Queen's Love. * For Glaiiit, an old word for a fword. * Then furth he drew his trufty Glaivt, Quhyle thoufands all... | |
| John Pinkerton - Voyages and travels - 1809 - 1102 pages
...appears from the old ballad on the occafion : He was a braw gallant, And he played at the gluve * ; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Oh ! he was the queen's love. There are befides, the heads of his lady and daughter, all on wood, except that of the Earl. To the... | |
| Alexander Laing - 1828 - 492 pages
...was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the ba'; And the bonny Earl o" Moray Was flower o'er them a'. He was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the glove, And the bonny Earl o' Moray He was the Queen's love. Lang, lang, will his lady Look o'er the castle Down, Ere she see... | |
| Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - Periodicals - 1856 - 512 pages
...Murray, He was a braw gallant, Oh ! he might hae been a king. He was a braw gallant, And he played at the glove ; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Oh ! he was the queene's luve." The last line is no enigmatical interpretation of Murray's murder. The story has a... | |
| Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1859 - 344 pages
...might hae been a king. He was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the ba' ; And the bonny Earl of Murray He was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the glove ; And the bonny Earl of Murray, O he was the Queen's love. 20 O lang will his lady Look o'er the castle Down, Ere she see the Earl... | |
| Francis James Child - 1858 - 348 pages
...braw gallant, And he play'd at the ba' ; And the bonny Earl of Murray Was the flower amang them a'. He was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the glove ; And the bonny Earl of Murray, O he was the Queen's love. 20 O lang will his lady Look o'er the castle Down, ' Ere she see the Earl... | |
| Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1860 - 338 pages
...might hae been a king. He was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the ba'; And the bonny Earl of Murray He was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the glove ; And the bonny Earl of Murray, O he was the Queen's love. 20 O lang will his lady Look o'er the castle Down, Ere she see the Earl... | |
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