| Oh, where have you been to, Lord Ronald, my son?
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| Oh, where have you been to, my handsome young man?
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| I’ve been to the green wood
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| Mother, make my bed soon
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| For I’m weary 'o hunting
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| And fain would lie down
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| What had ye for dinner, Lord Ronald, my son?
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| What had ye for dinner, my handsome young man?
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| I had eels boiled in broth
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| Mother, make my bed soon
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| For I’m weary 'o hunting
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| And fain would lie down
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| Oh, where did they come from, Lord Ronald, my son?
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| Oh, where did they from, my handsome young man?
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| From my father’s black ditch
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| Mother, make my bed soon
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| For I’m weary 'o hunting
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| And fain would lie down
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| Oh, where are your bloodhounds, Lord Ronald, my son?
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| Oh, where are your bloodhounds, my handsome young man?
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| They swelled and they died
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| Mother, make my bed soon
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| For I’m weary 'o hunting
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| And fain would lie down
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| I fear you are poisoned, Lord Ronald, my son
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| I fear you are poisoned, my handsome young man
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| Oh, yes, I am poisoned
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| Mother, make my bed soon
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| For I’m sick to the heart
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| And I fain would lie down
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| What do you leave to your brother, Lord Ronald, my son?
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| What do you leave to your brother, my handsome young man?
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| My gold watch and chain
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| Mother, make my bed soon
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| For I’m weary 'o hunting
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| And fain would lie down
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| What do you leave to your father, Lord Ronald, my son?
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| What do you leave to your father, my handsome young man?
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| My gold and my lambs
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| Mother, make my bed soon
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| For I’m weary 'o hunting
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| And fain would lie down
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| What do you leave to your sweetheart, Lord Ronald, my son?
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| What do you leave to your sweetheart, my handsome young man?
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| I’ll leave her the robe
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| And the high gallows tree
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| And let her hang there
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| For the poisoning of me |