How Come That Blood

How come that blood all over your shirt?
My son come tellin' to me
It is the blood of my gullin' gray hawk who flies across the field.

Got a gray hawk's blood and was never so red
My son come tellin' to me
It is the blood of my gullin' greyhound who hunts the woods with me.

Got a greyhound's blood and was never so red
My son come tellin' to me
It is the blood of my gullin' gray mare I used to ride so gay.

Got a gray mare's blood and was never so red
My son come tellin' to me
It is the blood of my own dear brother who lately I have slain.

What did you and him fall out about?
My son come tellin' to me
I cut him down young hazelnut tree caused the ford to be.

And what you gonna do when your daddy finds out?
My son come tellin' to me
I'll set my fat in the undership and I'll sail across the sea.

What you gonna do with your pretty little wife?
My son come tellin' to me
Just set her foot in the undership and she'll sail along with me.

And what you gonna do with the children free?
My son come tellin' to me
I'll leave them here along with you to bare you company
I'll leave them here along with you to bare you company.

And when you coming home?
My son come tellin' to me
When the sun and the moon shine in the north hills and that will never be
When the sun and the moon shine in the north hills and that will never be.