Macmath Manuscript, p. 68. "From my aunt, Miss Jane Webster,
1886-1887. She learned it at Airds of Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire,
over fifty years ago, from the singing of James Smith."
| 1 |
'Ye midwives and women-kind, do one thing for me;
Send for my mother, to come and see me.' |
| 2 |
Her mother was sent for, who came speedilie:
'O Jeanie, Queen Jeanie, are ye gaun to dee?' |
| 3 |
'O mother, dear mother, do one thing for me;
O send for King Henry, to come and see me.' |
| 4 |
King Henry was sent for, who came speedilie:
'O Jeanie, Queen Jeanie, are ye gaun to dee?' |
| 5 |
'King Henry, King Henry, do one thing for me;
O send for a doctor, to come and see me.' |
| 6 |
The doctor was sent for, who came speedilie:
'O Jeanie, Queen Jeanie, are ye gaun to dee?' |
| 7 |
'O doctor, oh doctor, do one thing for me;
Open my left side, and let my babe free.' |
| 8 |
He opened her left side, and then all was oer,
And the best flower in England will flourish no more. |
