Lord Randal

One of the Child Ballads, this one was done recently by The Prodigals in a way I quite liked. I've marked up the first verse in the manner they do it.

12D.1

O [D] Where hae ye been to, Lord Randal, my son?
O [Bm] where hae ye been to, [A7] my beloved one?
I hae [D] been to the wild wood;
I hae [D7] been to the wild wood;
[D] mother, make my [Bm] bed, I've a [A7] pain in my [D] head
and I [D] fain would lie [A7] down.’
and I [Bm] fain would lie [D] down.’

12D.2
What did you do there, Lord Randal, my son?
What did you do there, my beloved one?’
I dine’d wi my true-love
I dine’d wi my true-love
Make me my bed I've a pain in my head
And I fain would lie down
And I fain would lie down

12D.3
What did you eat there, Lord Randal, my son?
What did you eat there, my beloved one?
Eels in eels broth, Eels in eels broth
Make me my bed I've a pain in my head
And I fain would lie down
And I fain would lie down

12D.5
O I fear ye are poisond, Lord Randal, my son!
O I fear ye are poisond, my beloved one!
Indeed I am poisond, Indeed I am poisond!
Make me my bed I've a pain in my head
And I fain would lie down
And I fain would lie down

12A.8
What will you leave to your mother, my son?
What will you leave her, Oh ill-fated one?
My gold and my silver, my gold and my silver
Make me my bed, I've a pain in me head
and I fain would lie down
and I fain would lie down

12H.10
What will you leave to your sweetheart, my son?
What will you leave her, Oh ill-fated one?
A rope to hang her, a rope to hang her!
Make me my bed, I've a pain in me head
and I fain would lie down
and I fain would lie down

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T:Lord Randall
T: (abc by Comyn)
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
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f2 "D"ff ed3|"D7"a2 aa g f3|"D"a2 ab "Bm"f2 ed| "A7"f2 ee "D"d2||
|:de "D"f4 g2| a2 "A7"(e4e2)| de "Bm"f4 B2 |AB "D"(d4d2):|

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