thread: 2006-09-18 : Music blogging: Dog songs 1
On 2006-09-19, Twila wrote:
Oh yea, that Karan Casey. Mmmm. I know that one via Christy Moore.
But here's the lyrics for "Son, oh Son" as sung by Boiled in Lead on "Orb" (transcribed by TOP, aka me)....
1. It's up in the kitchen and down in the hall
Ah, my lea and the lonely,
Willie's the father of his sister's child
Down by the greenwood side.
2. Took her down in the merry wood,
Ah, my lea and the lonely,
And there he shot his sister dead,
Down by the greenwood side.
3. He goes back to his mother's house,
Ah, my lea and the lonely,
Welcome to me, my son, my son,
Down by the greenwood side.
4. Son, oh son, why are you so pale,
Ah, my lea and the lonely,
I been down in the greenwood hunting quail,
Down by the greenwood side.
5. There's no quail away down there,
Ah, my lea and the lonely,
I'm down there shooting the white-tail deer,
Down by the greenwood side.
6. No pistol kills a deer,
Ah, my lea and the lonely,
Ah, Willie, where's your sister, where
Down by the greenwood side
7. Oh mother, oh mother, make my bed,
Ah, my lea and the lonely,
For I have shot my sister dead,
Down by the greenwood side
8. Then, son, oh son, where will you go
Ah, my lea and the lonely,
For your father will kill you when he comes to know,
Down by the greenwood side.
9. He'll bury you under yon hill,
Ah, my lea and the lonely,
If he doesn't kill you, I surely will,
Down by the greenwood side.
(All errors in transcription are mine, but they are what I heard on repeated listening.)
