The Bonny Earl of Murray: The Man, the Murder, the BalladThe murder of the popular Earle of Moray in 1592 near Edinburgh was the stuff of which legends are made. This inviting volume explores that legend, relates details of the Huntly-Moray (Catholic-Protestant) feud, and traces the ballad of the slain ''Bonny Earl'' through its four centuries of growth and change.''A romp! A fine book that will be welcomed by literature students, folklorists, and those interested in Scottish history.'' -- Roger D. Abrahams, author of Singing the Master: The Emergence of African-American Culture in the Plantation South''A graceful and gripping account by a scholar whose love of scholarship, music, and teaching is obvious throughout.'' -- Marta Weigle, coeditor of The Great Southwest of the Fred Harvey Company and the Santa Fe Railroad |
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Contents
1 Background | 3 |
2 The Road to Donibristle | 11 |
3 The Road To Strathbogie | 47 |
THE BALLAD | 75 |
4 The Murray Ballads | 77 |
5 Through Time and Space | 109 |
Speculations | 155 |
Epilogue | 163 |
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Common terms and phrases
Ancient Argyle Aston Athol Ballads London Bloodfeud Bonnie James Campbell Bonny Earl Bothwell Bothwell's Bowes to Burghley braw gallant Buchan C.S.P. Scot Calderwood Campbell Castle century certainly Child claimed collected Court Darnaway David David Buchan Death Portrait Donibristle Doune Castle Dyer-Bennet Earl of Huntly Earl of Murray Earl's Edinburgh edition English intelligencer evidence Ewan MacColl feud Folklore Folksong glove Gordon green hae ye Hamish Henderson History Huntly's John Keith Brown killed King James King's Kirk Lady Doune Laird later Lawson letter Lord Lord Ochiltree Lordship Maitland Moray Muniments Moray's murder Moysie Ochiltree oral tradition Percy played Popular Ballads Queen Queen's love Reliques says Scotland Scots Musical Museum Scott Scottish Ballads servants singers singing slain the Earl song Spottiswoode Spynie stanza Stewart Strathbogie suggests sung sure things Thomson tune University Press vol.ii William word Ye Highlands young
References to this book
Scottish Life and Society: Bibliography for Scottish ethnology Alexander Fenton No preview available - 2000 |