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Song Name: The Bonny Earl Of Murray (hi-lo) By: 18th C. Scottish folk song
Posted By: WaltP Difficulty: Any
Key: A Genre: Folk
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2011-08-23 16:08:57 Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00


Song:

THE BONNY EARL OF MURRAY hi-lo

18th C. Scottish folk song

Key: A

 

3   3     3    3  3   3    3

6   6     6    6  6   6    6

Ye high-lands and ye low-lands

 

3  -3”  -3” -3” 3

6  -6   -6  -6  6

O where ha’ ye been

 

 -3”  -3   4    4   4   4   4  -3

 -6   -7   7    7   7   7   7  -7

They have skin the Earl of Mur-ray

 

-3   -3  -3” -3”-3”  -3”

-7   -7  -6  -6 -6   -6

And laid him on the green

 

3   3  4  4   -3”  5

6   6  7  7   -6   8

He was a braw gal-lant

 

 5  5   5   -4  5   -4

 8  8   8   -8  8   -8

And he rode at the ring

 

-4   5  -4   4   4   -4  4   3

-8   8  -8   7   7   -8  7   6

And the bon-nie Earl of Mur-ray

 

3    4    3    3  -2” 3

6    7    6    6  -5  6

He might have been a king