Who Put The Blood - Karan Casey

Where have you been all along summer’s day

Son tell it unto me

A fishing and a fowling in the fields and in the forest

|: I am weary mother let me be :|

Who put the blood on your right shoulder

Son tell it unto me

‘Its the blood of a hare that I killed yesterday

|: I killed most manfully :|

The blood of a hare it would never be so red

Son tell it unto me

It’s the blood of a boy that I killed yesterday

|: I killed most manfully :|

What was between yourself and the boy

Son tell it unto me

It was mostly the cutting down of a rod

|: That never would come to a tree :|

What will you do when your daddy finds out

Son tell it unto me

I will put my foot on board of a ship and sail away

Sail to a foreign country

And sail to a foreign country

What will you do with your lovely wedded wife

Son tell it unto me

She can put her foot onboard of a ship and follow me

|: Follow after me :|

What will you do with your two fine babes

Son tell it unto me

I’ll give one to my father and the other to my mother

|: To keep them company :|

What will you do with your house and your lands

Son tell it unto me

I will lay them bare to the birds and the air

|: There’s no more welcome for me :|

What will you do in the Winter of your life

Son tell it unto me

Like a sally in the rock I will bend in the wind

And pray for the Gods mercy

Oh and pray for the Gods mercy