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B.
" O, where have you been, my dear little one ?
O, where have you been, my dear little son ? " " To visit my grandma, mother, make my bed soon,
For I 'm sick to my heart, and I fain would lie down."
" What did you have for supper," etc. " Speckled eels and fresh butter," etc.
" What will you will to your brother," etc. " Coat, jacket, and trousers,"
" What will you will to your father ? " etc. " Horse, saddle, and bridle," etc.
" What will you will to your grandmother, my dear little one ?
What will you will to your grandmother, my dear little son ? " " The torments eternal ; mother, make my bed soon,
For I 'm sick to my heart, and fain would lie down." 1
C.
" Mother, make my bed soon, For I feel a pain in my heart, and I fain would lie down."
" What will you leave to your father, dear lord duke ? "
" Four horses and a carriage, mother, make my bed soon," etc.
" What will you leave to your mother," etc. " Three horses and a carriage," etc.
" What will you leave to your brother," etc. " Three horses and a carriage," etc.
"What will you leave to your sister," etc. " My gold and silver," etc.
" What will you leave to your true love," etc " A rope to hang her with," etc.
"What was it she gave you, young Henry, my son ?" " Three little freckled fishes, mother, make my bed soon, For I 'm sick at my heart, and I fain would lie down." 2
D.
With these versions may be compared a Scotch variant, obtained in America, but the history of which I am not now able to explain :
1 Related to Mrs. Bergen by Mrs. Amanda M. Thrush, now of Plymouth, Ohio, as heard in her girlhood in northern New York.
2 Contributed by Mrs. Bergen, from the recitation of Mary Brown, Miramichi, N. B.
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