17 Dec 02 - 01:58 AM (#848691) Subject: Lyr Req: May morning bloom From: GUEST,MerryBee I do believe this song was recorded by Cordelia's Dad but cannot find the lyrics anywhere... please help all you wizzo wordfinding mudcats please. Merry |
17 Dec 02 - 05:27 AM (#848743) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: May morning bloom From: GUEST,Ed It's called 'May Blooming Field' and is a version of 'The Broomfield Wager' I'm pretty sure that it's been posted here before, but the super search isn't working so I can't locate it. The lyrics used to be on the band's website (www.cordeliasdad.com) but that doesn't seem to be working either! Anyway, I've got the words at home, and will post them later if no one beats me to it. Ed |
17 Dec 02 - 05:55 AM (#848750) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: May morning bloom From: masato sakurai Lyr Add: Broomfield Wager (4) in the Forum. ~Masato |
17 Dec 02 - 12:27 PM (#848993) Subject: Lyr Add: MAY BLOOMING FIELD From: Ed. MAY BLOOMING FIELD A wager, a wager, and you will go with me Away to the May blooming field A maiden you will go to the Broomfield hill But a maiden you never will return A wager, a wager, and I will go with you Away to the May blooming field A maiden I will go to the Broomfield hill And a maiden I will return So away went this young man, his wager for to win Away to the May blooming field He sat himself down by the clear flowing stream And he fell fast asleep on the bank Nine times she walked around the crown of his head And nine times she walked 'round his feet Nine times she kissed his red ruby lips As he lay on the bank fast asleep And the ring that she wore on her little finger The same did she place on his own That it might be a token of her love to him That she had been there and was gone If I was awake as I was asleep This maiden she never would have faired It's her I would have killed, her blood I would have spilled And the birds told the story of the death O hard hearted young man, hard hearted youth Your heart's as hard as any stone For to think to kill one who had loved you so long And'll weep for the grave you lie in From the sleeve of the album Comet: "The May Blooming Field is an old story with a new tune. Lester Hubbard got this version of the words from 92-year-old James Jepson in Hurricane, Utah, in 1947. Jepson said he learned the song in the 1870s when he hauled produce for the Mormon church." Ed |
17 Dec 02 - 12:39 PM (#849006) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: May morning bloom From: Ed. And having just posted that, I find the thread where it was originally posted. Apologies for the duplication. Ed |
17 Dec 02 - 01:05 PM (#849022) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: May morning bloom From: Malcolm Douglas That will continue to happen until the search engine is fixed. As it happens it was I who posted the song in the first place, but I didn't make the connection right away as the title asked for was wrong this time around, though it did sound vaguely familiar! Never mind. There's a midi of the tune at Mudcat Midis, incidentally: May Blooming Field (midi) Both text and tune were published in The Journal of American Folklore, vol.LXIV, p.42. |
18 Dec 02 - 12:48 AM (#849434) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: May morning bloom From: GUEST,MerryBee Thank you all so much.... always amazing!! Merry |