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Child 13 ("Edward")

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"What's that blood on your shirt sleeve?
Son, come tell to me."
"It is the blood of my old hawk
And the truth I've told to thee."

"The blood of a hawk was never so red.
Son, come tell to me."
"It is the blood of my greyhound,
She would not hunt for me."

"A greyhound's blood was never so red.
Son, come tell to me."
"It is the blood of my youngest brother
We two could not agree."

"What were you two quarrelling about?
Son, come tell to me."
"It was all about a little willow wand
That never would have made a tree."

"What will you do when your father comes to know?
Son, come tell to me."
"I'll set my foot in a little sailing boat
And I'll sail beyond the sea."

"What will you leave for your own poor wife?
Son, come tell to me."
"Grief and sorrow all her life,
She'll get no more from me."

"What will you leave for your own bonny babe?
Son, come tell to me."
"I'll leave him the wide world to wander up and down,
He'll get no more from me."

"When will you return again?
Son, come tell to me."
"When the sun and the moon dance in yonder tree,
And that will never be."

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from 52 Folk Songs: Yellow, released April 22, 2012
Phil Edwards: vocal, drums, D whistle, English concertina

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