What is that Blood?- George White (Sheffield) 1971
From: Stability and Change in a Sheffield Singing Tradition
by Ian Russell
Folk Music Journal, Vol. 5, No. 3 (1987), pp. 317-358
'What is that Blood?' Appendix C; EDWARD; George White 25 February, 1971
Music
'What is that blood on thy shirt sleeve?
My son, come tell it unto me.'
'It's the blood of thy dear brother
That's layin' under yonder tree,
That's layin' under yonder tree.'
'What has thou killed thy dear brother for?
My son, come tell it unto me.'
'Because he's killed those three pretty birds
That fly from tree to tree,
That fly from tree to tree.'
'What shall I do now thy father's gone?
My son come tell it unto me.'
'I'll put my foot on board a ship
And sail across the sea,
And sail across the sea.'
'One of these lads has shot these birds, you see, these pretty birds. Course 'e's killed his brother - a serious job . .
Summary: 'What is that Blood?' (singer's title), Standard (scale), III t(pitch), i-8 (range),z bars (phrases)A, BCDD'( form), J i io (pulse),4 /4 (metre),S z6 (tape),
Whi g (trs.).