My Little Wee Croudlin Doo- Burton (Edin) c.1828 Child N
[From Kinloch's Manuscripts, V, 347. Child N is from Dr John Hill Burton's copy in the Kinloch collection of manuscripts housed at the Harvard Library. Kinloch's MSS date from c.1828 or later. Here's a brief bio from the site:
George Ritchie Kinloch, best known as editor of Ancient Scottish Ballads, was born at Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland, about 1796, and became a lawyer. In 1824 he proposed, without publishing, a "Collection of Scottish proverbs." In 1827 he published, Ancient Scottish ballads, recovered from tradition, and never before published, and The ballad book. In 1842 he was appointed assistant-keeper of the register of deeds in Edinburgh Register House and was head from 1851-1869. He died in Edinburgh in 1877.
R. Matteson 2011, 2018]
MY LITTLE WEE CROUDLIN DOO- from Kinloch's MSS in Dr John Hill Burton's hand, Child N
1 'Fare hae ye been a' day, a' day, a' day,
Fare hae ye been a' day, my little wee croudlin doo?'
2 'I've been at my step-mammie's, my step mammie's, my step-mammie's,
I've been at my step-mammie's; come mack my beddy now!'
3 'What got ye at yer step-mammie's,
My little wee croudlin doo?'
4 'She gied me a spreckled fishie;
Come mack my beddy now!'
5 'What did ye wi the baenies oet,
My little wee croudlin doo?'
6 'I gaed them till her little dogie;
Come mack my beddy now!'
7 'What did her little dogie syne,
My little wee croudlin doo?'
8 'He laid down his heed and feet;
And sae shall I dee now!'