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The Bonnie Wee Croodlin Dow
LORD RANDAL—J
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‘O whare hae ye been a' day, my bonnie wee croodlin dow?O whare hae ye been a' day, my bonnie wee croodlin dow?’
‘I've been at my step-mother's; oh mak my bed, mammie, now!
I've been at my step-mother's; oh mak my bed, mammie, now!’
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‘O what did ye get at your step-mother's, my bonnie wee croodlin dow?’‘I gat a wee wee fishie; oh mak my bed. mammie, now!’
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‘O whare gat she the wee fishie, my bonnie wee croodlin dow?’‘In a dub before the door; oh mak my bed, mammie, now!’
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‘What did ye wi the wee fishie, my bonnie wee croodlin dow?’‘I boild it in a wee pannie; oh mak my bed, mammy, now!’
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‘Wha gied ye the banes o the fishie till, my bonnie wee croodlin dow?’‘I gied them till a wee doggie; oh mak my bed, mammie, now!’
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‘O whare is the little wee doggie, my bonnie wee croodlin dow?O whare is the little wee doggie, my bonnie wee croodlin doo?’
‘It shot out its fit and died, and sae maun I do too;
Oh mak my bed, mammy, now, now, oh mak my bed, mammy, now!’
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