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Thread #164528 Message #3940272
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
29-Jul-18 - 03:19 PM
Thread Name: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 4
Subject: RE: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 4
The Elizabeth Cronin book lists just the one verse:
What did you have for your breakfast, my own darling boy? What did you have for your breakfast, my comfort and joy? A cup of cold poison, mother dress my bed soon, For there's a pain through my heart and I'd want to lie down.
Source: BBC 21996 (29 Aug 54)Kennedy & Lomax
According to the notes this verse is the same as v2 from Healy in Child.
The notes reference a another Irish version: 2v in English + 1 in Irish from Michael Cronin (brother in law) recorded by Jean Richie and George Picklow.
There are also references to articles on the song in Irish. I'll scan the page for you if you'd like.