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 hawks 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 greyhounds 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 mares 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
Ill set my foot in yonder ship and Ill 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 shell sail along with me
And what you gonna do with the children free?
My son come tellin to me
Ill leave them here along with you to bear you company
Ill 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