Here's the version from John Jacob Niles. I haven't found any others from American sources, and I guess Niles isn't considered a credible source. Still, it's interesting, and the tune is quite different.
-Joe Offer-
THE DYING QUEEN
(trad/John Jacob Niles)
1. The Queen is sick, and she will die,
Fa-la-le-la, fa-la-le-lu,
The Queen is sick, and she will die,
Send her two preachers speed-ee-lie,
Fa-la-le-la, fa-la-le-lu.
2. The King was one, the Captain `tother,
Fa-la-le-la, fa-la-le-lu,
The King was one, the Captain `tother,
My firstest child was got by another,
Fa-la-le-la, fa-la-le-lu.
3. My daughters were not Henry's get,
Their beauty you could not forget.
4. My second son, I liked him least,
He looks like one who is this priest.
5. I carried pizen in a bag
To pizen them as did me bad.
6. I pizened that fair Price-ee-mond.
She bare the King two little sons.
7. The King took off his preacher's gown
And gave the Captain many a frown.
8. The Queen made moan and died in baid,
She shrieked and cried she was betrayed.
Source: "The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles"
Niles says he collected this song from an informant near Murphy, North Carolina. The informant asked that her name not be mentioned.
See Child #156 (Queen Eleanor's Confession)
filename[ QECONFE2^^I goofed. this is not the Niles tune. See below.
MIDI file: QECONFES.MID
Timebase: 192
TimeSig: 2/2 24 8
Key: G
Tempo: 180 (333333 microsec/crotchet)
Text: Produced by AbcMus 1.1
Name: Queen Eleanor's Confession
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EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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