What are the children to sleep on,

Gentle sweet daughter o' mine?

Put them in the pig-sty,

A rea, a ria, a roses,

Put them in the pig-sty,

Gentle sweet mother o' mine.

What are the pigs to lie in,

A rea, a ria, a roses,

What are the pigs to lie in,

Gentle sweet daughter o' mine?