[Steppes] lost lyrics

[Genie Barrett]

At 10:11 AM 3/10/2009, alkudsi at aol.com wrote:
>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:

Actually I've sung, with the northern groups, all of the below 
verses....  They sing one, the next, and all the way through to the 
last, and then sometimes even repeat, depending on how long they want 
to go.  They get all fancy as the first line, usually sung last and 
to a slightly different tune, meshes quite well.  It actually gives me chills.

>  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.

Maggie