The Croodin Doo- Findlay; c. 1865; Child App. 3
[The Findlay Manuscripts are in two volumes, the first (only) containing several ballads and many fragments gathered from recitation by Rev. William Findlay, of Saline, Fifeshire, 1865-85. In the hands of the collector.]
The Croodin Doo- Findlay MSS, I, 192; c. 1865; Child App. 3
1 ‘Whare did ye get your dinner the day,
My wee, wee croodin doo?’ (Twice.)
2 ‘I got it in my step-mither’s ha,
Oh, granny, mak my bed noo.’ (Twice.)
3 ‘What did ye get to your dinner the day,
My wee, wee croodin doo?’ (Twice.)
4 ‘I got a wee fishie wi four wee feeties,
Oh, granny, mak my bed noo.’ (Twice.)
5 ‘Did ony body eat it but yoursel,
My wee, wee croodin doo?’ (Twice.)
6 ‘I gied the banes to my wee, wee dogie,
Oh, granny, mak my bed noo;
He streekit out his head an died at my feet,
O, granny, een as I do noo.’