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The Croodlin Doo; or, The Wee Croodlen Doo

LORD RANDAL—K

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a. Chambers' Scottish Ballads, p. 324. b. Chambers' Popular Rhymes of Scotland, 1842, p. 53. c. The Stenhouse-Laing ed. of Johnson's Museum, iv, 364, communicated by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.

1

O whaur hae ye been a' the day, my little wee croodlin doo?’
‘O I've been at my grandmother's; mak my bed, mammie, now!’

2

‘O what gat ye at your grandmother's, my little wee croodlin doo?’
‘I got a bonnie wee fishie; mak my bed, mammie, now!’

3

‘O whaur did she catch the fishie, my bonnie wee croodlin doo?’
‘She catchd it in the gutter hole; mak my bed, mammie, now!’

4

‘And what did she do wi the fish, my little wee croodlin doo?’
‘She boiled it in a brass pan; O mak my bed, mammie, now!’

5

‘And what did ye do wi the banes o't, my bonnie wee croodlin doo?’
‘I gied them to my little dog; mak my bed, mammie, now!’

6

‘And what did your little doggie do, my bonnie wee croodlin doo?’
‘He stretched out his head, his feet, and deed; and so will I, mammie, now!’