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 foot in yonder ship 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 yonder ship 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 bear you company

I'll leave them here along with you to bear 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