Lord Ronald- Mrs. A. Lyall (Aber) 1907 Greig D
[Fragment from The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. Edited by Pat Shuldham-Shaw and Emily B Lyle, (1981-2002). Greig-Duncan D, single stanza with music, was sung by Mrs. Lyall who also recorded for Carpenter. It's a middle stanza (cf. Alex Robb).
R. Matteson 2018]
D. "Lord Ronald," sung by Mrs. A. Lyall (b. July 18, 1869) of Moss Croft, Lyne of Skene, Aberdeenshire. She got her ballads from her mother, Mrs Ella Roy, nee Florence. Ella Florence's father was a fiddler and singer.
"I doot[1] ye are poison'd, Lord Ronald, my son?
I doot ye are poison'd, my jolly young man?"
"Oh yes, I am poison'd, mother, mak my bed soon,
For I'm sick at the heart and I fain wad lie doon."
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1. fear