Johnny Randall- Prather (NC) 1939 Brown 4B-2
[Brown Collection of NC Folklore, 1952, Vol. 4. Brown editor's notes follow. Music is from Vol. 4. The title is different from the name given in the music: John Randolph, which is probably the correct title.
R. Matteson 2014]
6. Lord Randal (Child 12)
Though not old, at least in English, Lord Randal is very widely known and sung; see BSM 24-5, and add to the references there given Cumberland (ETSC 96-9), Massachusetts (FSONE 191-3), North Carolina (FSRA 14), Tennessee (SFLQ XI 120-1), Florida (FSF 247-8), Arkansas (OFS I 64), Missouri (OFS I 64-7), Indiana (BSI 51-2), and Michigan (BSSM 35-6). There are four texts in the present collection.
B(2) 'Johnny Randall.' Sung by Mrs. Nancy Prather, the aunt of Frank Proffitt. Recorded at Milam, Ashe county, August 5, 1939. Our text is most certainly not the first stanza.
For melodic relationship cf. *BB 51, version D, measures 2, 4, and 8. Scale: Hexachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: d. Structure: aa1bc (2,2,2,2), possibly aa1b (2,2,4) or in Alfred Lorenz' terminology mmnn = barform.