| Oh where have you been Lord Randall, my son?
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| Where have you been my handsome young one?
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| I’ve been to my sweetheart mother
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| I’ve been to my sweetheart mother
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| Oh make my bed soon for I’m sick to the heart
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| And fain would lie down
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| Oh what did you eat, oh Randall, my son?
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| What were you fed, my handsome young one?
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| Eels and eel broth, mother
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| Speckled eel broth, mother
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| Oh make my bed soon for I’m sick to the heart
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| And fain would lie down
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| Oh, you have been poisoned, oh Randall, my son
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| You have been poisoned, my handsome young one
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| 'Tis truth you’ve spoken, mother
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| 'Tis truth you’ve spoken, mother
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| Please make my bed soon for I’m sick to the heart
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| And fain would lie down
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| Oh, what will you leave your mother, my son?
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| What will you leave her, my handsome young one?
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| My love to keep you, mother
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| My love to keep you, mother
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| Oh make my bed soon for I’m sick to the heart
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| And fain would lie down
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| Oh, what will you leave your sweetheart, my son?
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| What will you leave her, my handsome young one?
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| A rope from Hell to hang her
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| A rope from Hell to hang her
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| Oh make my bed soon for I’m sick to the heart
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| And fain would lie down |