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 ANONYMOUS

595 On Eleanor Freeman

E)T not Death boast his conquering power, She'll rise a star that fell a flower.

��3 9 6 The Bonny Earl of Murray

rE Highlands and ye Lawlands, O where hae ye been ? They hae slain the Earl of Murray, And hae laid him on the green.

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��Now wae be to thee, Huntley'

And whairfore did ye sae! I bade you bring him wi' you.

But forbade you him to slay.

He was a braw gallant,

And he rid at the ring, And the bonny Earl of Murray,

O he might hae been a king!

He was a 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 gluve; And the bonny Earl of Murray,

O he was the Queen's luvei

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