Lord Randal

Engelsk/Skotsk ballade kend i flere versioner

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“Where have you been, Lord Randal, my son?
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Where have you been, my handsome young one?”
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"I have been to sweetheart, mother
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I have been to my sweetheart, mother, Oh!
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make my bed soon, for I’m sick to my heart
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and fain  wad lie down."

"An what did you eat there, Lord Randall, my son?
An what did you eat  there, my handsome young one?"
"Eels and ell broth mother
Eels and ell broth mother, 
Oh make my bed soon, for I’m sick to my heart
and fain wad lie doon."

"Where did she get them from, Randall, my son?
where did she get them from, my pretty young man?"
"from hedges and ditches, mother
From hedges and ditches, mother
O make my bed soon,  for I’m sick to my heart
and fain wad lie doon."

"And what got your leavins, Lord Randall, my son?
And what got your leavins, my handsome young man?"
"My hawks and hounds; mother,
My hawks and hounds; mother, oh
make my bed soon, for I’m sick to my heart
and fain wad lie doon."


“I fear you’ve been poisoned, Lord Randall my son?
I fear you’ve been poisoned, my handsome one?”
“On eels and eel broth, mother
On eels and eel broth, mother
make my bed soon, for I’m sick to my heart
and fain wad lie doon."


“What would you leave me, Lord Randall, my son?
What would you leave me, my handsome young one?”
“Gold and silver, mother
Gold and silver, mother
make my bed soon, for I’m sick to my heart
and fain wad lie doon."

“what would you leave her, Lord Randall, my son?
what would you leave her, my handsome young one?”
“a rope from hell, to hang her
a rope from hell to hang her.
make my bed soon, for I’m sick to my heart
and fain wad lie doon."