The Scottish ballad "Glenlogie, "also known as "Bonnie Jeannie o Bethelnie, " is a variant of Child #238. The lyrics tell the tale of Jean, daughter of the Laird of Bethelnie in Aberdeenshire, Baron Meldrum. Jeannie was a favorite of the Queen, and was staying at the Queen's House of Fetternear when she met Sir George Gordon of Bethelnie (one of the principal families in the northeast of Scotland ... their history is recounted in scores of ballads). The story includes all the attendant medieval themes and imagery, ...

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