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Prepare yourself... This time, I was inspired to arrange a murder ballad! It's a combination of two Irish variants of Child ballad #13 (Edward). I abridged it by two verses, but it is still rather lengthy. I hope you will find it worth a listen! :-)

Where have ye been e'er the whole afternoon,
Son, come tell it unto me.
I was fishin' and fowlin' the whole day long,
All through mother's treachery, all through mother's treachery.

What put the blood on your right shoulder, son?
Son, come tell it unto me.
'Twas the killing of a hare that I killed today,
That I killed most manfully (Repeat).

The blood of the ould hare, it could never be so red,
Son, come tell it unto me.
'Twas the killing of a boy that I killed today,
That I killed most manfully (Repeat).

"What came between yourself and the boy?
Son, come tell it unto me."
"It was mostly the cutting of a rod
That would never come a tree, tree that would never come a tree."

"What are you going to do when your daddy finds you out?
Son, come tell it unto me."
"I will put my foot on board a ship
And sail to a foreign country, and sail to a foreign country."

"What are you going to do with your lovely young wife?
Son, come tell it unto me."
"She can put her foot on board of a ship
And sail e'er after me, and sail e'er after me."

"What are you going to do with your two fine young babes?
Son, come tell it unto me."
"I'll give one to my father and the other to my mother
For to bear them company, for to bear them company."

"What are you going to do with your houses and your lands?
Son, come tell it unto me."
"I will lay them bare to the birds on the air
For there is no more welcome there for me, for there's no more welcome there for me."

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