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The Bonny Hind

"The Bonny Hind" is a traditional English-language folk song.

Synopsis
A squire persuades a maiden to lie with him. Afterward, she asks his name, and he reveals that he is a lord's son. She calls him a liar: she is that lord's daughter. The horror-struck son reveals that he was long at sea. She stabs herself to death, and he buries her. He goes home and grieves for a "bonny hind" whatever his father can do to distract him. ==Recordings==
Recordings
June Tabor, Abyssinians (1983) • Ewan MacColl, Blood & Roses Volume 4 (1986) • Martin Carthy, Signs of Life (1998) • Michael John Harris & Martyn Bates, Murder Ballads (Incest Songs) (1998) ==See also==
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