And here is the full text of Anna Ní Mháille's 1955 version, as reproduced by Anne O'Connor in her 1991 book (refer Wikipedia page on "The Maid and the Palmer" for full details). I am indebted to Steve Roud for supplying me with a photocopy from which I have typed this out.

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"There was a rider passin' by" ,collected by Pádraig Ó Móráin on 9 May 1955 in Co. Mayo from Anna Ní Mháille, an old lady (pensioner, 86 years) from Achill Island in County Mayo (text as reproduced in Anne O'Connor, "Child Murderess and Dead Child Traditions", Helsinki, 1991; some breaks added between stanzas for clarity)

The Steve Roud Catalogue entry for this version is at
https://archives.vwml.org/songs/RoudFS/S562485

[Title] There was a rider passin' by

There was a rider passing by
He askhed a drink, as he was dry
At the well below the valley, oh!
My washing tub it is afloat
Green grows the valley, oh!

If I give you a drink, I might fall in
In the well below the valley, oh!
(Says she)"My true love never was born"
She swore by grass an' swore by corn
That her true love never was born
"How dar' you tell me such a lie
An' you havin' six childer, by the by,
At the well below the valley, oh!"

"So's you're a man o' such a skill,
Tell me the father o' them"
"Your (father's) kitchen boy one o' them
Your parlour boy another o' them
Your father's kitchen boy one o' them
Your parlour boy another o' them
Your brother another o' them
An' three more behind the hall door
At the well below the valley, oh!"

"So's you're a man o' such a skill,
What's goin' to happen to me?"
"You're going to be
Seven years a nut in a wood
Seven years a tongue in a bell
Seven years a fish in a flood
Seven years more burnin' in hell
At the well below the valley, oh!"

"I don't care to be a nut in a wood
I don't care t be (a) fish in a flood
I don't care to be a (tongue on a bell)
At the well below the valley, oh!
But the Lord may save my poor soul from Hell
At the well below the valley, oh!"

[The informant adds:] And it *was* God that was talking to her an' He saved her.