Lord Donald- Arthur Lochead (Aber) 1965 Chapbook
[From Chapbook: Scotland's Folk-song Magazine- Volume 2, Page 74, Aberdeen Folk-Song Club 1965, text incomplete,
R. Matteson 2018]
Lord Donald- sung by Arthur Lochead of Aberdeenshire before 1965
O where hae ye been, Lord Donald my son?
O where hae ye been, Lord Donald my son?
I was seein' my sweetheart, mother make my bed soon,
For I'm weary wi' huntin', and fain would lie doon.
What got ye from your
They died at my feet, mother mak' my ben soon,
For I'm weary wi' huntin', and fain would lie doon.
I'm afraid you are poisoned, Lord Donald my son;
I'm afraid you are poisoned, Lord Donald my son;
'twas my sweetheart that did it, mother mak' my bed soon,
For I'm weary wi' huntin' and fain would lie doon.
++ bracken bush.
Arthur Lochead's version. of the famous 'Lord Donald,
Arthur Lochead's fragments are strikingly similar to Mrs. Thomson's way of the ballad. William Motherwell collected a splendid version under another title 'Lambert Linken' from the recitation of a Mrs. Thomson of Kilbarchan