Lord of the May
Archie Fisher * Track #1 On A Silent Song
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Lord of the May by Archie Fisher
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Archie FisherAbout
Fisher himself describes this song as “a shape shifting ballad from the north of Scotland”:
Many of the words and the phrasing are suitable to that dialect of English–or the survival of the old Scots language, if you prefer to look at it that way.
Lord of the May Lyrics
I rede ye beware o' the hunting, young man
I rede ye beware o' the hunting, young man
For the Lord of the May has sorrow for ay;
His daughter away wi' the faeries was ta'en
I rede ye beware o' the hunting, young man
I rede ye beware o' the hunting, young man
After mony's the year to bring him some cheer
The Lord of the May a'huntin' has gane
I rede ye beware o' the hunting, young man
I rede ye beware o' the hunting, young man
For he drew not his bow at a deer or a roe
But the bonnie white bird that sat on a stane
I rede ye beware o' the hunting, young man
I rede ye beware o' the hunting, young man
For his arrow he shot, but it harméd her not
For it died in the heart of his daughter Elaine/alane
I rede ye beware o' the hunting, young man
I rede ye beware o' the hunting, young man
For the Lord of the May has sorrow for ay;
His daughter away wi' the faeries was ta'en