The victim calls for divine retribution in the murder ballad called "Lord Randal". It is one of the oldest traditional ballads in the English language consisting of dialogue between a young Lord and his mother. The ballad illustrates the scene of Lord Randal returns home to his mother from the "greenwood" after meeting there with his lover. Through the conversation between mother and the son, it is revealed that the Lord Randal has been poisoned by his lover and he is going to die soon. The mother predicts that something terrible had happened and these feelings are conformed, when the son answers "O yes, I am poisoned; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm sick at the heart, and I fain wad lie down." Randal seems more affected by heartbreak than
