My Own Darling Boy- Elizabeth Cronin (Cork) 1954
[My title, from the recording BBC 21996 (29 August, 1954)Kennedy & Lomax. Also transcribed in Elizabeth Cronin's song book.
This verse is the same as verse 2 collected from Irish singer Healy by Child in Massachusetts.
Here's a sound recording of Elizabeth Cronin singing Lord Randall:
https://soundcloud.com/user-860765554/elizabeth-cronin-lord-randal
R. Matteson 2018]
Elizabeth "Bess" Cronin (née Ó hIarlaithe) (1879 – 1956) was an Irish singer who specialized in traditional music. Born in West Cork, the daughter of Seán Ó hIarlaithe, a schoolteacher, she lived in the Baile Bhuirne area all her life.
My Own Darling Boy- Elizabeth Cronin of County Cork in 1954
What did you have for your breakfast, my own darling boy?
What did you have for your breakfast, my comfort and joy?
A cup of cold poison, mother dress my bed soon,
For there's a pain through my heart and I'd want to lie down.