Death & Dying

Lord Randal (Child 12N)

by Traditional Ballads (Child collection) traditional; texts recorded c. 13th–19th century

From The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, ed. F. J. Child (1882–98)

Death & Dying

'Fare hae ye been a' day, a' day, a' day,
Fare hae ye been a' day, my little wee croudlin doo?'

'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!'

'What got ye at yer step-mammie's,
My little wee croudlin doo?'

'She gied me a spreckled fishie;
Come mack my beddy now!'

'What did ye wi the baenies oet,
My little wee croudlin doo?'

'I gaed them till her little dogie;
Come mack my beddy now!'

'What did her little dogie syne,
My little wee croudlin doo?'

'He laid down his heed and feet;
And sae shall I dee now!'

Cite this poem

MLA

Traditional Ballads (Child collection). “Lord Randal (Child 12N).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/child-ballads/69/.

Chicago

Traditional Ballads (Child collection). “Lord Randal (Child 12N).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/child-ballads/69/.

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