Lord Donald- Jeannie Robertson (Aber) 1952 REC
[From Collection - School of Scottish Studies, Original Track ID - SA1954.95.B5, 1957. Robertson has recorded this several times the first in 1952. Listen: http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/play/34221;jsessionid=5F22435D2B29D4F55D9271729FA0A883
R. Matteson 2018]
Lord Donald- sung by Jeannie Robertson, recorded by Hamlish Henderson 1957.
1 "Whaur hae ye been all the day, Lord Donald, my son?
Whaur hae ye been all the day, my jolly young man?"
"Awa' coortin', maither, mak my bed soon,
For I am sick at the hairt, an' I fain wud lie doon."
2 "What will ye hae for your supper, Lord Donald, my son?
What will ye hae for your supper, my jolly young man?"
"I hae had my supper; maither, mak my bed soon,
For I am sick at the hairt, an' I fain wud lie doon."
3 "What had ye for supper, Lord Donald, my son,
What had ye for supper, my jolly young man?"
"I had little sma' fishes, maither mak my bed soon,
For I'm sick at the hairt, an' I fain wud lie doon."
4. "What like were the fishes, Lord Donald my son?
What like were the fishes, my gallant young man?"
"Black back and spreckled belly, maither mak my bed soon,
For I am sick at the hairt, an' I fain wud lie doon."
5. "I doot[1] you are poisoned, Lord Donald, my son,
I doot you are poisoned, my jolly young man.[2]"
6 "What will ye leave tae your faither, Lord Donald my son
What will ye leave tae your faither, my jolly young man?"
"My houses and lands, maither, mak my bed soon,
For I am sick at the heart, an' I fain wud lie doon."
7. "What will ye leave tae your truelove, Lord Donald, my son?[3]
What will ye leave to your truelove, my jolly young man?"
"A tow an' a halter, tae hang on yon tree,
An' there for tae hang for the poisonin' o' me."
1. fear
2. She leaves off the last two lines here.
3. The second line of this stanza is missing first time through. Bronson's transcript repeats last stanza