The James Madison Carpenter Collection Online Catalogue
 

Item Display

 

Item Summary

Formatsong text
TitleThe Bonnie Earl o Murry
Date1931
ContributorMrs Watson Gray
Index NameGray, Mrs Watson
PlaceEast Street, Fochabers
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 04413- 04414

Scope and Content Notes

Genre song - Child ballad
First lineHe's ben an ben an ben tae his bed

Refers to: Percy's Reliques; David Herd; Ritson's Scottish Songs; Johnson's Musical Museum; Motherwell.
9 stanzas
Type NumberChild 181, The Bonny Earl of Murray

Contextual Notes

Heard over fifty years ago, in Glenlivet.

Related Items

Song TextThe Bonnie Earl o Murray [song text] Mrs Watson Gray (contributor), Corner House, East Street, Fochabers, Scotland


©2003 - 2008 The University of Sheffield