Lord Barnie- Waldron (FL) 1986 McNeil
[McNeil; Southern Folk Ballads II, 1988. This is the same version collected from Nancy Morgan of Florida in 1964 at a folk festival in WV. Apparently they are independent (she learned this from her family) but from the same source.
R. Matteson 2014]
COLLECTED BY PETER ROLLER, SEPTEMBER 1986, WHITE SPRINGS, FLORIDA. TRANSCRIPTION BY DREW BEISSWENGER, FROM LINDA BETH WALDRON.
Lord Barnie- Waldron, 1986
Lord Barnie was a brave hunting man,
And a-hunting he did ride.
With a gun all on his hunting arm,
And a broadsword by his side.
He rode till he came to his Aunt Jane's gate,
And ding dong he did ring.
And who was there but his own true love,
To rise up and bid him come in.
"Come in, come in, Lord Barnie," said she,
'And stay awhile with me.
I will give unto you a bright, shiny light,
And a seat beside of me."
"l can, I will, I must come in,
For I have but a moment to stay.
For the girl that I love much better than you
I must see 'fore breaking of day."
She took Lord Barnie all in her arms,
And her kisses were so sweet.
And she drew from his side a pin-pointed knife
And wounded Lord Barnie so deep.
"Its three long hours till the breaking of day,
It's three long hours," thought she.
"Lord Barnie has died all in my arms
And it's time you've taken him away."
Some taken him by his golden curly locks,
Some taken him by his feet.
And threw Lord Barnie in Aunt Jane's well
Where the water was cold and deep.