Own Darling Boy- Miss Brown (Dor) 1905 Hammond
[My title, replacing the generic. From Henry Hammond Manuscript Collection (HAM/2/6/21),
R. Matteson 2018]
My Own Darling Boy (Lord Rendal)- sung by Miss Brown of Lydlinch Dorset in August, 1905. Collected by H.E.D. Hammond.
1. What have you been drinking, my own darling boy?
What have you been drinking, my comfort and joy?
A cup of strong poison, O, make my bed soon
For I've a pain in my heart and I want to lie down.
2. What will you leave your mother, my own darling boy?
What will you leave your mother, my comfort and joy?
I will leave her my love, O, &c
3. What will you leave your sister, my own darling boy?
What will you leave your sister, my comfort and joy?
I will leave her my money, O, &c
4. What will you leave your brother, my own darling boy?
What will you leave your brother, my comfort and joy?
I will leave her my gold watch, O, &c
5. What will you leave your sweetheart, my own darling boy?
What will you leave your sweetheart, my comfort and joy?
I will leave her the gallows, O, &c
6. "When will you be buried, my own darling boy?
What will you be buried, my comfort and joy?"
"Away in green meadows where grass grows sweet,
There lay me down to have a long sleep."