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Thread #79438   Message #1438761
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