Edward

Cat. #0243 (MFH #175) - As sung by May Kennedy McCord, Springfield, Missouri on September 23, 1958

VERSE 1
What is that blood, on th point of your knife
O son, come telling to me
It is th blood of my old guienie sow
Who ate th corn for me

VERSE 2
O, what is that blood, on th point of your knife
O son, come telling to me
It is th blood of my ole gray hound
That ran 'round th merry tree

VERSE 3
No blood is so red from an ole gray hound
O son, come telling to me
What is that blood, on th point of your knife
O son, come telling to me

VERSE 4
What is that blood, on th point of your knife
O son, come telling to me
It is th blood of my brother dear
O Mother, pity me

VERSE 5
What did you boys quarrel about
O son, come telling to me
We fought about a merry bush
That might have been a tree

VERSE 6
What will you do when your Father comes home
O son, come telling to me
I'll set my foot in a bunken boat
And sail far over th sea

VERSE 7
What will you do with your two little babes
O son, come telling to me
I'll leave my two little babes with you
To dandle on your knee

VERSE 8
What will you do with your pretty little wife
O son, come telling to me
I'll leave my wife with you, Mother dear
O, I'm going far over th sea

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