| Where have you been all the day
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| Me own dear darlin' boy?
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| Where have you been all the day
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| Me own dear comfort and joy?
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| I’ve been out with my stepmother
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| Make me bed mammy do
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| Oh, make me bed mammy do
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| What did she give you for your supper
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| Me own dear darlin' boy?
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| What did she give you for your supper
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| Me own dear comfort and joy?
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| I got fish and I got broth
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| Make me bed mammy do
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| Oh, make me bed mammy do
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| Where did she get the fish that she gave you
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| Me own dear darlin' boy?
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| Where did she get the fish that she gave you
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| Me own dear comfort and joy?
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| Hedges caught them and ditches sought them
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| Make me bed mammy do
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| Oh, make me bed mammy do
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| What did you do with your fish bones
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| Me own dear darlin' boy?
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| What did you do with your fish bones
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| Me own dear comfort and joy?
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| I gave them to my greyhound
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| Make me bed mammy do
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| Oh, make me bed mammy do
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| What then did your greyhound do
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| Me own dear darlin' boy?
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| What then did your greyhound do
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| Me own dear comfort and joy?
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| There he swelled and there he died
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| Make me bed mammy do
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| Oh, make me bed mammy do
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| What will you leave to your own mother
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| Me own dear darlin' boy?
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| What will you leave to your own mother
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| Me own dear comfort and joy?
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| I’ll leave her my house and land
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| Make me bed mammy do
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| Oh, make me bed mammy do
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| What will you leave to your stepmother
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| Me own dear darlin' boy?
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| What will you leave to your stepmother
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| Me own dear comfort and joy?
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| I’ll leave her a rope to hang her
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| From the nearest tree
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| For the poisoning of me
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| Oh, where have you been all the day
|
| Me own dear darlin' boy?
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| Where have you been all the day
|
| Me own dear comfort and joy?
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| I’ve been out with my step mother
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| Make me bed mammy do
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| Oh, make me bed mammy do
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| Make my bed mammy do
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| Oh, make my bed mammy do
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| Make my bed mammy do
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| Oh, make my bed mammy do |