The Bonnie Earl o' Moray

The Bonnie Earl of Moray, anonymous "vendetta portrait" of the murdered James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray, 1592

"The Bonnie Earl o' Moray" (Child 181,[1] Roud 334[2]) is a popular Scottish ballad, which may date from as early as the 17th century.[3]

  1. ^ The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Edited by Francis James Child in Five Volumes, Dover Publications, Minneola, New York, 2006.
  2. ^ "Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Roud 334 entry".
  3. ^ See the detailed treatment in Edward D. Ives's The Bonny Earl of Murray: the Man, the Murder, the Ballad (University of Illinois Press, 1997)