Randal, My Son- Granny Potter (NC) pre-1935 Scarborough- Song Catcher
[Dorothy Scarborough, A Song Catcher, 1937. Scarborough has divided the verses, they should be combined as standard.
R. Matteson 2014]
RANDAL, MY SON- Granny Potter, Dark Ridge NC taken down by Lillian Craig of Roanoak Va.
Where have you been all this day,
Randal, my son?
Where have you been all this day,
My sweet and pretty one?
I've been to see my sweet Missy,
Oh, make my bed soon.
I'm sick at the heart,
My pain[1] to lie down.
Oh, what did you eat for supper,
Oh, Randal, oh, my son?
Oh, what did you eat for supper,
My sweet and pretty one?
Fried eels and fried onions,
Mammy, make my bed soon.
I'm sick to the heart,
My pain to lie down.
What will you will to your oldest brother,
Oh, Randal, oh, my son?
My horse and my saddle.
Mammy, make my bed soon.
I'm sick to the heart,
My pain to lie down.
What will you will to Your sister,
Oh, Randal, oh, my son?
MY trunk and my money,
Mammy, make my bed soon,
I'm sick to the heart,
MY pain to lie down.
What will you will to your youngest brother,
Oh, Randal, oh, my son?
My hounds and my bugle,
Mammy, make my bed soon,
I'm sick to the heart,
My pain to lie down.
What will you will to your sweetheart,
Oh, Randal, oh, my son?
A rope and a gallows,
Mammy, make my bed soon,
I'm sick to the heart,
My pain to lie down.
What will you will to your father,
Oh, Randal, oh, my son?
Mammy, make my bed soon,
I'm sick to the heart,
My pain to lie down.
1. fain, I'm fain to lie down.