From the recording The Great Folk Heist
Lyrics
Where have you been all the day,
Randall, my son?
Where have you been all the day,
My pretty one?
I've been with my sweetheart, mother
I've been with my sweetheart, mother
Chorus:
Make my bed
For I'm sick to my heart
And fain would lie down.
What have you been eating,
Randall, my son?
What have you been eating,
My pretty one?
O eels in boiled broth mother,
O eels in boiled broth mother,
I fear you've been poisoned
Randall my son
I fear you've been poisoned
My little one.
O yes I've been poisoned mother,
Yes I've been poisoned mother.
Chorus
What will you give to your mother,
my son?
What will you give to her,
My pretty one?
My silver and gold mother,
My silver and gold mother
Chorus
What will you give to your sweetheart,
my son?
What will you give to her,
My pretty one?
A rope to hang her, mother
A rope to hang her, mother
Make my bed
For I'm sick to my heart
And I fain would lie down.