“Must I Go Bound”
Description
The singer laments, "Must I go bound and you go free." (S)he hears someone sing "that marriage was a pleasant thing," but "My marriage day soon turned to woe." The singer's spouse has scorned/abused the singer; the singer hopes for revenge
Notes
This, like "My Blue-Eyed Boy," is so close to "The Butcher Boy" that I almost listed them as one song. But where "The Butcher Boy" is relatively coherent, this is little more than a lament composed of floating verses (e.g. from "Waly Waly") and the complaint "I heard (a shepherd//fair maid) sing That marriage was a pleasant thing, [but] My (marriage/wedding) day soon turned to woe." So I've listed them separately -- but there may well be intermediate versions.
For further discussion, see the notes to "The Butcher Boy." - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "The Butcher Boy" [Laws P24] and references there
- cf. "My Blue-Eyed Boy" (lyrics, theme)
- cf. "Died for Love (I)" (theme)
- cf. "Yon Green Valley" (lyrics)
- cf. "Love Has Brought Me To Despair" [Laws P25] (lyrics)
References
- SHenry H218a/b, p. 386, "Must I Go Bound" (2 texts, 1 tune)
- BI, HHH218