The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #79642   Message #1446427
Posted By: Celtaddict
29-Mar-05 - 08:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: There was an old woman tossed up in a...
Subject: RE: Does anyone know this? (Old woman/Cobwebs)
Minor change; the way I learned it as a child was
line 3   Where she was going I couldn't but ask it
(means the same, but "help" alters the scansion)
line 6   O whither, O whither, O whither so high
(also means the same, but echoes the repetition of "old woman")