Willie Ransome- Gordon (NC) 1939 Brown 4C 1
[Brown Collection of NC Folklore, 1952, Vol. 4. Gordon is an exceptional informant, unfortunately on one stanza of text is given.
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6. Lord Randal (Child 12)
Though not old, at least in English, Lord Randal is very widely known and sung; see BSM 24-5, and add to the references there given Cumberland (ETSC 96-9), Massachusetts (FSONE 191-3), North Carolina (FSRA 14), Tennessee (SFLQ xi 120-1), Florida (FSF 247-8), Arkansas (OFS i 64), Missouri (OFS I 64-7), Indiana (BSI 51-2), and Michigan (BSSM 35-6). There are four texts in the present collection.
C(1). 'Willie Ransome.' Sung by Mrs. Rebecca (Aunt Becky) Gordon, July 19, 1939. Place is not given. Other titles quoted: 'Lord Randal' and 'Lord Ransome.'
Mode III, plagal. Tonal Center: f. Structure: aa1aa1 (2,2,2,2) = aa