The Bonny Earl Of Murray (hi-lo)

18th C. Scottish folk song

Key: A

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6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Ye high-lands and ye low-lands

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6 -6 -6 -6 6

O where ha’ ye been

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They have skin the Earl of Mur-ray

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And laid him on the green

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He was a braw gal-lant

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And he rode at the ring

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And the bon-nie Earl of Mur-ray

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He might have been a king