E
Macmath MS., p. 68. “From my aunt, Miss Jane Webster, 1886–1887. She learned it at Airds of Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, over fifty years ago, from the singing of James Smith.”
1
‘Ye midwives and women-kind, do one thing for me;
Send for my mother, to come and see me.’
2
Her mother was sent for, who came speedilie:
‘O Jeanie, Queen Jeanie, are ye gaun to dee?’
3
‘O mother, dear mother, do one thing for me;
O send for King Henry, to come and see me.’
4
King Henry was sent for, who came speedilie:
‘O Jeanie, Queen Jeanie, are ye gaun to dee?’
5
‘King Henry, King Henry, do one thing for me;
O send for a doctor, to come and see me.’
6
The doctor was sent for, who came speedilie:
‘O Jeanie, Queen Jeanie, are ye gaun to dee?’
7
‘O doctor, oh doctor, do one thing for me;
Open my left side, and let my babe free.’
8
He opened her left side, and then all was oer,
And the best flower in England will flourish no more.