Name: Lord Rendal
Duration: P00H04M37S
Description: Trad. arr: Dora Darling - I found this beautiful, mournful song in a library in Oxford when I was twenty, I have never stopped loving it.

Lord Rendal

from The Quest (digital Album) by Dora Darling

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Trad. arr: Dora Darling - I found this beautiful, mournful song in a library in Oxford when I was twenty, I have never stopped loving it.

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Oh Where did you go to Rendal my son?
Oh where did you go my sweet pretty one?
I've been to my sweetheart, o make my bed soon
I'm sick to my heart and fain would lie down

Oh what did she give to you, Rendal my son?
Oh what did she give you my sweet pretty one?
She gave me some eels, o make my bed soon
I'm sick to my heart and fain would like down

Where did she get them from, Rendal my son?
Oh where did she get them my sweet pretty one
from hedges and ditches, o make my bed soon
I'm sick to my heart and fain would like down

What colour were they Rendal my son?
Oh what colour were they my sweet pretty one?
They were spiket and sparket, o make my bed soon
I'm sick to my heart and fain would like down

Where are your blood hounds gone, Rendal my son?
Oh where are your blood hounds my sweet pretty one?
They swelled and they died, o make my bed soon
I'm sick to my heart and fain would like down

That was strong poison, Rendal my son
That was strong poison my sweet pretty one
You'll die, you'll die Oh Rendal my son
You'll die, you'll die my sweet pretty one.

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from The Quest (digital Album), released March 18, 2020

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