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Posted By: Roberto
20-Mar-05 - 04:27 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: What Put the Blood? (from John Reilly)
Subject: Lyr Req: John Reilly's What Put the Blood? (#13)
Please, help me correct this transcription. Thanks. R
What Put The Blood John Reilly, in Jacko Reilly, Irish Tinker Ballads, Folktrax; recordings made by the Irish folk-collector Tom Munnelly, near Boyle, Co. Roscommon, 1967
Singing – What put the blood on your right shoulder? And, son, come tell it unto me, to me And, son, come tell it unto me Saying – That is the blood af a hare, Mama Says, Mam', O pardon me I says – Mam', O pardon me
Saying – That is the blood of your youngest brother And, son, come tell it unto me, to me And, son, come tell it unto me Well, it's all from the cutting of a hazel rod That never will grow a tree, a tree That never will grow a tree
What are you want to do with your two grand children? Son, come tell it unto me, to me And, son, come tell it unto me I'll give one to me daddy and the other to me mammy And they'll keep them company And they'll keep them company
What will you do with your house and land? Son, come tell it unto me, to me I will leave it here for the birds of the air For to sing and mourn for me, for me For to sing and mourn for me
What will you do with your greyhounds? And, son, come tell it unto me, to me And, son, come tell it unto me I will take the straps off their two necks And they'll race no more for me, for me And they'll race no more for me
What will you do with your two racehorses? And, son, come tell it unto me, to me And, son, come tell it unto me I will take the bridles off their heads And they'll race no more for me, for me And they'll race no more for me
What will you do with your darling wife? Son, come tell it unto me, to me O, son, come tell it unto me She will leave her foot upon a ship board And she'll sail all along with me