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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Edited by Francis James Child.

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The Croodlin Doo

LORD RANDAL—O

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From a manuscript collection, copied out in 1840 or 1850, by a granddaughter of Alexander Fraser-Tytler, p. 67.

1

‘O where hae ye been a' the day, my wee wee croodlin doo doo?
O where hae ye been a' the day, my bonnie wee croodlin doo?’
‘O I hae been to my step-mammie's; mak my bed, mammy, noo, noo,
Mak my bed, mammy, noo!’

2

‘O what did yere step-mammie gie to you?’ etc.
‘She gied to me a wee wee fish,’ etc.

3

‘[O] what did she boil the wee fishie in?’
‘O she boiled it in a wee wee pan; it turned baith black an blue, blue,
It turned baith black an blue.’

4

‘An what did she gie the banes o't to?’
‘O she gied them to a wee wee dog;’ mak, etc.

5

‘An what did the wee wee doggie do then?’
‘O it put out its tongue and its feet, an it deed; an sae maun I do noo, noo,
An sae maun I do noo!’