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Thread #127185   Message #2834146
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
09-Feb-10 - 11:50 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Irish version of 'My Son David'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Irish version of 'My Son David'
My copy of the Roud index shows 20 entries of Irish origin for the song (Roud#200). (Some may be the same recording, but this is the full list). The entries are Title, Source (recording/book), Singer, Collector, Location and First Line:


SON COME TELL IT UNTO ME
Caedmon TC 1145 / Topic 12T 160 (`Child Ballads 1')
Tunney, Paddy
Kennedy, Peter
N. Ireland : Co. Fermanagh : Beleek        
What brought the blood on your right shoulder dear

WHAT BROUGHT THE BLOOD
Topic 12TS 289 (`The Flowery Vale')
Tunney, Paddy
1976        N. Ireland : Co. Fermanagh        
Where have you been the whole day long

WHAT BROUGHT THE BLOOD
O Boyle, Irish Song Tradition pp.90-91        
Connors, Ellen
O Boyle, Sean
Ireland : Co. Wexford
Where have you been all the whole afternoon

WHAT PUT THE BLOOD
Topic 12T 359 (`The Bonny Green Tree')
Reilly, John
Munnelly, Tom
1969        Ireland : Co. Roscommon : Boyle        
Oh, what put the blood on your right shoulder?

WHAT PUT THE BLOOD
Ceol 4:1 (1972) pp.3-5
Reilly, John
Munnelly, Tom        
1969        Ireland : Co. Roscommon : Boyle
O what put the blood on your right shoulder

EDWARD
BBC recording 22015
Moran, Thomas
Ennis, Seamus
1954 (Dec)        Ireland : Co. Leitrim : Mohill
Oh where have you been all this long summer's day

EDWARD
BBC recording 22423
Murphy, James & Brigid
Ennis, Seamus
1954 (18 Dec)        Ireland : Co. Leitrim : Mohill
What had the blood on your right sword

WHAT BROUGHT THE BLOOD ON YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER
BBC recording 18587
Connors, Mary        Kennedy,
Peter / Sean O'Boyle
1952 (1 Aug)        N. Ireland : Belfast
Where have you been of the whole afternoon

WHAT PUT THE BLOOD
Topic TSCD 667 (`It Fell on a Day, a Bonny Summer Day')
Delaney, Mary
Carroll, Jim / Pat Mackenzie
1977 (27 May)        Ireland
Where have you been all the long summer's day

WHAT PUT THE BLOOD
Topic TSCD 653 (`O'er his Grave the Grass Grew Green')
Tunney, Paddy
Engle, Tony / Tony Russell
1975 (Feb)        N. Ireland : Co. Fermanagh
Where have you been the whole day long

EDWARD
Rounder CD 1775 ('Classic Ballads 1')
Connors, Mary Ellen
Kennedy, Peter
1952        N. Ireland : Belfast
Where have you been of the whole afternoon

EDWARD
Rounder CD 1775 ('Classic Ballads 1')
Moran, Thomas
Ennis, Seamus
1954        Ireland : Co. Leitrim : Mohill
And what will you do when your father comes home

WHAT PUT THE BLOOD
Folktrax 175-C60 ('John Reilly')
Reilly, John
Munnelly, Tom
1967        Ireland : Co. Roscommon : Boyle
What put the blood on your right shoulder

WHAT PUT THE BLOOD
Jim Carroll / Pat Mackenzie Collection
Connors, (Pop's) Johnny
Carroll, Jim / Pat Mackenzie
1973 (Jul / Aug)        Ireland : Co. Wexford / England : London
What put the blood on your hands, my son

WHAT PUT THE BLOOD
Jim Carroll / Pat Mackenzie Collection
Cash, Andy
Carroll, Jim / Pat Mackenzie
1973 (Jul / Aug)        Ireland : Co. Wexford / England : London
Where have you been all day my beloved son

WHAT PUT THE BLOOD
Jim Carroll / Pat Mackenzie Collection
Cash, Mary
Carroll, Jim / Pat Mackenzie
1973 (Aug) / 1975        Ireland / England : London
Where have you been this long whole say

EDWARD
Tunney, The Stone Fiddle pp.111-112
Doran, Paddy
Tunney, Paddy
Ireland
Where have you been all the whole afternoon

EDWARD
Folktracks 60-501 (`Bonny Barbara Allen')
Connors, Mary
Kennedy, Peter
N. Ireland : Belfast
Where have you been all the whole afternoon

EDWARD
Folktracks 60-501 (`Bonny Barbara Allen')
Moran, Thomas
Kennedy, Peter
Ireland : Co. Leitrim : Mohill
And what will you do when your father comes home

WHAT PUT THE BLOOD ON YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER SON
Folk-Legacy FSE 7 (`The Man of Songs')
Tunney, Paddy
Hamilton, Diane
1963c        N. Ireland : Co. Fermanagh
Where have you been a' the whole afternoon



You can check the Roud index online at the Roud Index at EFDSS (and probably should - it's probably more up to date than my copy).

Jim Carroll, who recorded several of the versions listed, is a regular poster here and may be able to help you more.

Mick