Bonnie George Campbell

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Bonnie James Campbell or Bonnie George Campbell is Child ballad 210. Different variants may be lamenting different deaths: that of Archibald or James Campbell, in the battle of Glenlivet, or Sir John Campbell of Calder, who was murdered.

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Bonnie James (or George) Campbell rides out one day. His horse returns, but he does not. His bride comes out, grieving, that the fields are still growing the harvest but he will never return.