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" O where ha you been, Lord Randal, my son? And where ha you been, my handsome young man ?" "I ha been at the greenwood ; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi' hunting, and fain wad lie down. "
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature - Page 44
by Merriam-Webster, Inc - 1995 - 1236 pages
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Anglia: Zeitschrift für englische Philologie, Volume 23

Comparative linguistics - 1901 - 562 pages
...gestalt übertragen zu sein scheinen, ist „Lord Randal" (1, 12). Nach A beginnt die bailade: 1. '0 where ha you been, Lord Randal, my son? And where...greenwood; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down.' 2. 'An wha met ye there, Lord Randal, my son? An wha met yon there,...
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English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 4

Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1904 - 778 pages
...the beginning of the 10th century). Charles Mackie, August, 1808, is scratched upon the binding. 1 ' O WHERE ha you been, Lord Randal, my son ? And where...been at the greenwood ; mother, mak my bed soon, For I 'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down.' 2 ' An wha met ye there, Lord Randal, my son ? An...
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ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS

HELEN CHILD SARGENT AND GEORGE LYMAN KITTREDGE - 1904 - 1194 pages
...of the li)th century). Charles Mackie, August, 1808, is scratched upon the binding. 1 'O WHERE bayou been, Lord Randal, my son ? And where ha you been,...been at the greenwood ; mother, mak my bed soon, For I 'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down.' 2 ' An wha met ye there, Lord Randal, my son ? An...
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English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume 4

Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1904 - 780 pages
...the beginning of the 19th century). Charles Mackie, August, 1808, is scratched upon the binding. 1 ' O WHERE ha you been, Lord Randal, my son ? And where...young man ? ' ' I ha been at the greenwood ; mother, raak my bed soon, For I 'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down.' 2 ' An wha met ye there, Lord...
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Junior High School Literature ...

William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Readers - 1922 - 600 pages
...imitations of the ballad and the songs of the unlettered folks of long ago. LEGEND AND HISTORY LORD RANDAL "O where ha you been, Lord Randal, my son? And where...greenwood; mother, mak my bed soon. For I'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down." "An wha met ye there, Lord Randal, my son? s An wha met you there,...
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Literature and Life, Book 1

Edwin Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - American literature - 1922 - 600 pages
...of the ballad and the songs of the unlettered folks of long ago. LEGEND AND В I STORY LORD RANDAL "O where ha you been, Lord Randal, my son? And where...handsome young man?" "I ha been at the greenwood; mother, так my bed soon. For I'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down." "An wha met ye there, Lord...
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Oral Poetry: Its Nature, Significance and Social Context

Ruth Finnegan - Social Science - 1977 - 328 pages
...often known as 'incremental repetition ' and is well illustrated in the famous ballad of Lord Randal. 'O where ha you been, Lord Randal, my son? And where...greenwood; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down.' 'An wha met ye there, Lord Randal, my son? An wha met you there, my...
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Telling Rhythm: Body and Meaning in Poetry

Amittai F. Aviram - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 322 pages
...the principles guiding the diachrony of narration. i. "Lord Randal": The Rhythm of the Maternal Body "O where ha you been. Lord Randal, my son? And where...greenwood; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down." "An wha met ye there, Lord Randal, my son? An wha met you there, my...
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Excursions Into Syntactic Databases

Hans van Halteren - Computers - 1997 - 268 pages
...stanza of the poem "Lord Randal" is presented in 14 different versions, the first two of which are 'O where ha you been, Lord Randal, my son? And where...greenwood, mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down.' 'O whare hae ye been a' day, Lord Donald, my son? O whare hae ye been...
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The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know

Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...back to the 1600s. Derivations of it exist across Europe, but it is believed to be of British origin. "Where ha you been, Lord Randal, my son? And where...greenwood; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down." "An wha met ye there, Lord Randal, my son? An wha met you there, my...
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