Lord Randall- Webb (NC) 1941 Brown 4B 1
[From: Brown Collection of NC Folklore, 1952, Vol. 4. This version has been recorded- the text on the recording is quite different than the text with the melody (below) that appears to be taken from Brown B.
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(1). 'Lord Randall' Sung by Miss Pearle Webb. Recorded at Pineola, Avery county, September 6, 1941.
Listen: http://contentdm.library.appstate.edu/docapp/abrams/field_recordings/lord_randall2.html
Scale: Heptachordal, plagal. Tonal Center: d. Structure: abcd (2,2,2,2). The second measure of d is related to that of b.
1 'Where did you say last night, Lord Randall, my son? [1]
Where did you say last night, my handsome young man?'
I stayed with my true love; mother, make my bed soon,
For I'm tired of the hunt and I pray thee down.'
1. this is the text from the recording- clearly there's some confusion by Brown editors.