[Steppes] lost lyrics

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Maggie,

I had forgotten that there were the other verses...I don't think I've heard them in years. All the verses are when you are singing it as a regular song. In the SCA, at least, just the two verses are used when singing as a round song, one group singing the first verse, the second starting the second verse when the first group starts the third line of their verse:

Hey, ho, nobody's home 
Meat nor drink nor money have I none 
Still I will be very merry 
Hey, ho, nobody's home. 
 
Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose 
Will I ever see thee red? 
I will marry at thy will, sire, 
At thy will. 

Not a bard, but I've been hearing/singing this for most of the 30 years I've been in the SCA!

HL Saqra



-----Original Message-----
From: Genie Barrett <ladymaggie at justinanimator.com>
To: steppes at lists.ansteorra.org
Sent: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 7:52 am
Subject: Re: [Steppes] lost lyrics


At 07:11 AM 3/10/2009, Karen Calhoun wrote: 
>There is a second verse to the "Rose, Rose" song >(the one that can be sung in a round...). I can't remember the last line. 
> 
>Hey, ho, nobody home 
>Meat, nor drink nor money have I none 
>Still, I will be very merry 
>???? 
> 
>What's the fourth line? Better yet, are these the correct lyrics? 
 
Well, its a folk song, and has a lot of versions, but this is one of the more accepted ones: 
 
>From the Cantaria site.... (Great source, by the way) 
http://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/ 
0
Verses 
 
†What a goodly thing 
If the children of the earth 
Could dwell together 
In peace. 
 
 Ah poor bird 
Take thy flight 
High above the sorrows 
Of this sad night. 
 
Hey, ho, nobody's home 
Meat nor drink nor money have I none 
Still I will be very, very merry 
Hey, ho, nobody's home. 
 
Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose 
Will I ever see thee red? 
I will marry at thy will, sire, 
At thy will. 
 
Ding dong, ding dong 
Wedding bells on an April morn 
Carve my name on a moss covered stone, 
On a moss covered stone. 
 
Ding dong, ding dong 
Funeral bells on a September morn, 
Rose, oh Rose, is dead and gone sire, 
Dead and gone. 
 
Shalom chaverim, shalom chaverim, 
Shalom, shalom, 
L'hitraot, l'hitraot, 
Shalom, shalom 
 
And many more... 
 
Maggie MacPherson 
Bard 
(Who is still wondering why this has two "hot chilis" do YOU find this offensive?) 
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