How Came That Blood? (Edward)- Weaver (VA) 1918 Sharp I
[My title. From English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians by Sharp/Karpeles I, 1932, with music. Sharp only wrote the text for two verses, the first and last.
R. Matteson 2012, 2014]
How Came That Blood?- Sung by Mrs. Nanny Weaver at Woolwine, Va., August 25, 1918
1 How came that blood on your shirt sleeve?
My son, come tell it to me.
It is my own brother's blood
That fled the show for me.
When the sun and moon shall set in yonders east,
Which you know will never, never be.
Last Stanza
When will you return again?
My son, come tell it to me.
When the sun and moon shall set in yonders east,
Which you know will never be.