I need someone to check this transcription. It is not been difficult to get the general structure of the text, because I have Paddy Reilly and Mary Delaney's recordings of the song. But I'm not sure I always get exactly what June Tabor sings. Thank you. R

Buried in Kilkenny
June Tabor, Always, record A (fist of four), Topic TSCD558, 2005. June Tabor says: "Mike Yates collected it from a Traveller at a Traveller's camp under the Westway (in West London)".

I think the singer she refers to should be Paddy Reilly. R

"What had you for your dinner now
My own darling boy?
Oh, what had you for your dinner
My comfort and my joy?"
"I had bread, beef and cold poison
Mother, dress my bed soon
I have a pain into my heart and
Wouldn't I long to lie down"

"What will you leave your father now
My own darling boy?
Oh, what will you leave your father
My comfort and my joy?"
"I will leave him a coach and four horses
Mother dress my bed soon
I have a pain into my heart and
Wouldn't I long to lie down"

"What would you leave your mother now
My own darling boy?
Oh, what would you leave your mother
My comfort and my joy?"
"I will leave her the keys of all treasure
Mother, dress my bed soon
I have a pain into my heart and
Wouldn't I long to lie down"

"What will you leave your children now
My own darling boy?
Oh, what will you leave your children
My comfort and my joy?"
"They can follow their mother
Mother dress my bed soon
I have a pain into my heart and
Wouldn't I long to lie down"

"Where will you be buried now
My own darling boy?
Oh, where will you now be buried
My comfort and my joy?"
"I will be buried in Kilkenny
There I'll take a long night's sleep
With a stone to my head
And a scra to my feet"