This is the way my Momma use to sing it to me when I was a little girl. I'm 75 years old now.

Oh don't you remember
a long time ago
there were two little babes
who's names I don't know
got stolen away
one bright sunny day
got lost in the woods
I heard some folks say

And when it was night
the stars gave no light
the two little babes
were so filled with fright
they sobbed and thy sighed
and bitterly cried
the two little babes
they lay down and died

And when they were dead
the robins so red
brought strawberry leaves
and over them spread
and sang them a song
the whole morning long
the two little babes
the babes in the woods