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20 Mar 05 - 04:27 AM (#1438761) Subject: Lyr Req: John Reilly's What Put the Blood? (#13) From: Roberto 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 |
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20 Mar 05 - 12:22 PM (#1438970) Subject: Lyr Add: WHAT PUT THE BLOOD (from John Reilly) From: GUEST,Malcolm Douglas The FolkTrax recording was made in 1967. Tom Munnelly recorded the song again from John Reilly in 1969, and this time John remembered more (assuming that the Kennedy issue is not edited); this appeared on The Bonny Green Tree: Songs of an Irish Traveller (Topic 12T358, 1978). Rather than guess at corrections to the above, I'll post the whole thing here as Munnelly transcribed it for the Topic record. What Put the Blood? Oh, what put the blood on your right shoulder? An' son come tell it unto me, to me. An' son come tell it unto me. Oh, that is the blood of a hare, Mama, An' who may pardon me, me An' who may pardon me. Sayin', that is the blood of your youngest bretheren, An' son come tell it unto me, to me An' son come tell it unto me. What a-kem between you an' your youngest bretheren? Son come tell it unto me, to me An' son come tell it unto me. It wall from the cuttin' of a hazel rod That never will grow a tree, a tree Oh, that never will grow a tree. Sayin', what will you do with your lovin' wife? An' son come tell it unto me, to me An' son come tell it unto me. She will leave her foot upon a shipboard An' she'll sail all along with me, with me She'll sail all along with me. Sayin' what will you do with your two grand children? Son come tell it unto me, to me An' son, come tell it unto me. I'll give one to my daddy an' the other to my mammy An' they'll keep them company An' they'll keep them company. What will you do with your lovin' house? An' son come tell it unto me, to me An' son come tell it unto me. I will leave it there for the birds of the air To mourn an' sing for me, for me For to mourn an' sing for me. Sayin' what will you do with your two race horses? An' son come tell it unto me, to me An' son come tell it unto me. I will take the bridles off their heads An' they'll race no more for me, for me An' they'll race no more for me. Sayin' what will you do with your two greyhounds? An' son come tell it unto me, to me An' son come tell it unto me. I will take the straps off their two necks An' they'll hunt no more for me, for me An' they'll hunt no more for me. A full transcription is in Tom Munnelly, 'John Reilly, The Man and His Music', in Ceol: a journal of Irish Music vol IV no 1, Dublin, 1972. I don't know if there are transcriptions anywhere of the earlier recording. |