Jimmy Ransom- York (NC) c.1941 Abrams REC
[From the Abrams Collection at Appalachian State University. Recording, no date given but circa 1941.
R. Matteson 2014]
Jimmy Ransom- Sung by Mrs. James York, North Carolina, c. 1941
Listen: http://contentdm.library.appstate.edu/docapp/abrams/field_recordings/lord_randall.html
1 'Oh, where have you been, Jimmy Ransom, my son?
Oh Where have you been, my handsome young man?'
'I've been out a hunting, mother make my bed soon,
For I'm weary with hunting and I pray to lie down.'
'Where gat ye your dinner, Jimmy Ransom, my son?
Where gat ye your dinner, my handsome young man?'
'I've been to my true love's, mother make my bed soon,
For I'm weary with hunting heart and I pray to lie down.'
'What d' you will your brother, Jimmy Ransom, my son?
What d' you will your brother, my handsome young man?'
There's a horse in yon stable, mother make my bed soon,
For I'm weary with hunting heart and I pray to lie down.'