[It is the Blood] Edward- Robertson (Ohio) pre1939 Eddy
[My title. From Ballads and Songs from Ohio; Eddy, 1939. Eddy's notes follow.
R. Matteson 2012, 2014]
Eddy: "Mrs Robertson remembers singing this song with her school children fifty years ago (c.1890) in Missouri. It was not uncommon for the children to act the story in some fashion."
[It Is the Blood] No title given. Mrs. James Robertson; learned in Missouri; c. 1890.
1. . . . . .
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"It is the blood of the little gray hound
That ran the fox for me.
2. . . . .
. . . . .
"It is the blood of the little gray mule,
That plowed the furrier for me.
3. . . .
. . . .
"Because he cut down the holly bush,
Thar might have made a tree."
4. "What will you tell to your father
When he comes home from town?"
"I'll set my foot in yonder ship
And sail this ocean round."
5. "When will you return, my son?
Come tell it unto me."
"When the sun and the moon both sits in the north,
And you know that never will be."