Abby - this is how it is usually sung (in the folk clubs) in the UK (not so commonly heard these days either). You'll see the tune is essentially the same as the Motherwell tune, and despite 'Motherwell notes that "in singing, the last two lines of each stanza are repeated"', I've never heard it sung that way here.

Mick

(spelling modernised)

Queen/ El-ean-or was a/ si-ck w-o-man
And/ sick just li-ke to/ die
And/ she has sent for two/ fri-ars of France
To/ come to her speed-i-ly//


X: 1
T:QUEEN ELEANOR'S CONFESSION
M:C|
L:1/4
K:G
D|G D G D/D/|G/A/ B/c/ d> B|
c d e/d/ c |B2 z A|G F E F/G/|
A F/E/ D> D|G G/G/ A F| G2 Z |]