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Child Ballads - Lyrics

Child 12
Lord Rendal
Version N

Kinloch's Manuscripts, V, 347. In Dr John Hill Burton's hand.

Narrative

1   'Fare hae ye been a' day, a' day, a' day,
Fare hae ye been a' day, my little wee croudlin doo?'
2   'I've been at my step-mammie's, my step mammie's, my step-mammie's,
I've been at my step-mammie's; come mack my beddy now!'
3   'What got ye at yer step-mammie's,
My little wee croudlin doo?'
4   'She gied me a spreckled fishie;
Come mack my beddy now!'
5   'What did ye wi the baenies oet,
My little wee croudlin doo?'
6   'I gaed them till her little dogie;
Come mack my beddy now!'
7   'What did her little dogie syne,
My little wee croudlin doo?'
8   'He laid down his heed and feet;
And sae shall I dee now!'

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