O where are you going to? Miles (Sus) 1908 VW
[From Vaughan Williams MS I, p. 48; Bronson 72.1 volume 4.
R. Matteson 2018]
“O where are you going to?" sung by Miles at Plough Inn at Rusper Sussex on August 13 1908, collected by Vaughan Williams
“O where are you going to my darling boy?
O where are you going to for comforts and joy?"
Down in the meadows, where violets are gay,
I've a pain in my heart, and I want to lie down.
What will you have for breakfast, [ my darling boy?
What will you have for breakfast for comforts and joy?"]
Three drops of strong poison [where violets are gay,
I've a pain in my heart, and I want to lie down.]
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