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Thread #164528 Message #3940617
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
31-Jul-18 - 10:49 AM
Thread Name: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 4
Subject: RE: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 4
Having just listened to the Edward McDonagh version, I think in Maggie Mongan's the phrase might be I'd a-me pie, some chicken.... Also in v2 that Wee should be Honey as in the first verse.
In Edward McDonagh's there are only a few minor corrections, shown below.
Mick My Own Bonnie Boy- sung by Irish traveller Edward McDonagh
Where were you all day you are my own bonnie boy? Where were you all day you are my comfort and joy? I was a- fishin' and fowlin', mother dress my bed soon, I've a pain in my heart and <I> want to lie down.
O what had you for <> dinner you're my own bonnie boy? What had you for <> dinner, you are my comfort and joy? I did eat poison chicken mother dress my bed soon, I've a pain in my heart and <I> want to lie down.
What will you do to <YOUR> race horses, you're my own bonnie boy? What will you do to <YOUR> race horses, you are my comfort and joy, I'll give one <> them to my dada and another to my mam I've a pain in my heart and <I> want to lie down
What will you do to <YOUR> two children, you're my own bonnie boy? What will you do to <YOUR> children, you are my comfort and joy I'll give one o them to my dada and another to my mam I've a pain in my heart and <I> want to lie down.
<> what had you for yer dinner you're my own bonnie boy? What had you for yer dinner you are my comfort and joy? I did eat poison chicken O mother dress my bed soon, I've a pain in my heart and <I> want to lie down.
What will you give your nice wife, you're my own bonnie boy? What will you give your nice wife, you are my comfort and joy? I'll give her a lang rope for to hang <HER, OH> mother dress my bed soon, I've a pain in my heart and <I> want to lie down I <HAVE> a pain in my heart and <I> want to lie down.