X:1
T:The Wild, Wild Berry.
S:Ray Driscoll, Dulwich, 1993. Learned from Harry Civil in Shropshire.
Z:Noted by Gwilym Davies
B:English Dance and Song, vol.56 no.3, 1994.
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
M:4/4
K:Gdor
P:Verse 1:
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w:Young man come from hunt-*ing
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w:faint and wear-y_ "What doth
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c2 B2 G2 F2|DF- F2- F4|G2 GG G2 FG|B2 B2 c2
w:ail my lord, my dear-ie?"__ "Oh mo-ther dear, let my bed be made,
Bc|d2 d2 c2 BB|GG F2 D4|G4 F2 D2|CD-D4
w:For I feel the grip of the wood-y night-shade, Lie low, sweet Ran-dal,_
c2|dd d2 c2 BB|G2 F2 D3 B|B2 B2 c2 c2|c2 B4
w:Now all you young wains that do eat full well, And they that sup right mer-ry,
Bc|dd dd c2 BB|G2 FF D2
w:'Tis_ bet-ter, I en-treat, to have toads for your meat
DD|G2 GG F2 D2|C2 D4 z|]
w:Than to eat of the wild, wild ber-ry.
P:Verses 2 and 3 begin:
G2 G2 F2 FG|B2 B2 c4|d2 d2 c2 BB|G2 F2 D3 G|G2 G2 G2 FG|B2 B2 c2 Bc|GG F2 D4|
W:Young man come from hunting, faint and weary
W:"What doth ail my lord, my dearie?"
W:"Oh mother dear, let my bed be made
W:For I feel the gripe of the woody nightshade."
W:Lie low, sweet Randal
W:Now all you young wains that do eat full well
W:And they that sup right merry
W:'Tis better, I entreat, to have toads for your meat
W:Than to eat of the wild, wild berry.
W:
W:This young man, he died eftsoon
W:By the light of a hunter's moon
W:'Twas not by bolt, nor yet by blade,
W:But the deathly gripe of the deadly nightshade.
W:Lie low, sweet Randal
W:Now all you young men that do eat full well
W:And they that sup right merry
W:'Tis better, I entreat, to have toads for your meat
W:Than to eat of the wild, wild berry.
W:
W:This lord's false love, they hanged her high
W:For her deeds were the cause of her love to die
W:And within her locks, they entwined a braid
W:Of the leaves and berry of the deadly nightshade.
W:Lie low, sweet Randal
W:Now all you young men that do eat full well
W:And they that sup right merry
W:'Tis better, I entreat, to have toads for your meat
W:Than to eat of the wild, wild berry.