I played this song on the local community radio programme I co-present in Aberdeen a month or so ago, when Archie was due to appear at the Stonehaven Folk Festival, so have it downloaded from "iTunes". Here's what I hear from listening to it again. Archie at his best. I rede you, beware o' the hunting, young man I rede you, beware o' the hunting, young man For the Lord of the May has sorrow for, aye, his daughter away wi' the faeries was ta'en I rede you, beware o' the hunting, young man I rede you, beware o' the hunting, young man After mony's the year, to bring him some cheer The Lord of the May to the hunting has gane I rede you, beware o' the hunting, young man I rede you, beware o' the hunting, young man For he drew not his bow at a deer or a roe But the bonnie white bird that sat on a stane [ stone ] I rede you, beware o' the hunting, young man I rede you, beware o' the hunting, young man For his arrow he shot but it harm-ed her not For it died in the heart of his daughter Elaine I rede you, beware o' the hunting, young man I rede you, beware o' the hunting, young man The Lord of the May has sorrow for, aye his daughter away by the faeries was ta'en
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