Willy Doo- anon (Scotland) 1933 Alfred Moffat
[From: Fifty Traditional Scottish Nursery Rhymes, Alfred Moffat, 1933. Bronson, 12 (group C) no. 98.
R. Matteson 2018]
O where hae ye been a' the day,
(Willie Doo, Willie Doo?)
I've been to see my stepmither,
(Die shall I now!)
What got ye frae your stepmither,
(Willie Doo, Willie Doo?)
She gaed to me a speckled trout,
(Die shall I now!)
Where got she you the speckled trout,
(Willie Doo, Willie Doo?)
'Twas caught amang the heather hills,
(Die shall I now!)
What gaed she you there for to drink,
(Willie Doo, Willie Doo?)
She brewed some deadly hemlock stocks,
(Die shall I now!)
They made his bed, then laid him down
Puir Willie, Willie Doo!
He turned his wee face to the wa',
Willie's died now!