Hughie Graham

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Hughie Graham or Hughie Graeme is Child ballad number 191, existing in several variants.

[edit] Synopsis

Hughie Graham is caught for stealing the bishop's horse, and sentenced to hang. Several pleas to ransom him are unavailing. He sees his mother or father and sends greetings to his father, his sword to Johnnie Armstrong, and a curse to his wife. (The legend is that his motive for the horse-theft was that the bishop had seduced his wife.)

[edit] Recordings

The Scottish folk band Malinky recorded a version of this song, called Hughie The Graham, on their 2005 album, The Unseen Hours

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