What Put The Blood?

Where have you been in the whole afternoon?
Son come tell it unto me
I’ve been fishing and fowling the whole day long
Twas all for me brothers treachery
What put the blood on your right shoulder
Son come tell it unto me
Tis the blood of a hare that I killed today
I killed most gallantly
I killed most gallantly
The blood of the old hare it could never be so red
Son come tell it unto me
Tis the blood of a boy that I killed today
I killed most gallantly
I killed most gallantly
What came between yourslf and the boy
Son come tell it unto m
Twas mostly over the cutting of a rod
That never will be a tree
That never will be a tree
What will you do when your daddy finds you out
Son come tell it unto me
I will put my foot on board of a ship
And I will sail to a foreign country
I will sail to a foreign country
And what will you do with your own lovely wife?
Son come tell it unto me
She can put her foot on board of a ship
And sail right after me
And sail right after me
What will you do with your two wee babes?
Son come tell it unto me
I’ll give one to me father and one to me mother
For to bare them company
For to bare them company
And what will you do with your two racehorses?
Son come tell it unto me
I will take the reigns from over their necks
For they’ll never race again for me
For they’ll never race again for me
What will you do with your house and your lands
Son come tell it unto me
I will lay them bare to the birds of the air
For there’s no more welcome there for me
There’s no more welcome there for me