(trad., arr. J. Treyz)

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“Where have you been to all the day
My own dear darling boy
Where have you been to all the day
My own dear comfort and joy?”

“I have been to my stepmother
Make my bed mummy do
Make my bed mummy do.”

“What did you get for your supper?”
“I got fish and I got broth.”

“Where did she get the fish she gave you?”
“Hedges sought them, ditches caught them.”

“What did you do with your fish bones?”
“I gave them to my greyhound.”

“Tell me, what did your greyhound do?”
“There he swelled and there he died.”

“I fear that she did you deadly wrong!”
“She took me in, she did me slay.”

“What would you leave to your mother?”
“I’ll leave her my house and land.”

“What would you leave to your stepmother?”
“Let her hang all on a tree
For poisoning of me, poisoning of me!”