Here's the tune and the second version of the song from Folksongs of Florida. It's very similar to the one in the database, but there are several interesting differences.
-Joe Offer-

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BABES IN THE WOOD

Oh, dear-ie do you know a long time a-go
Two poor lit-tle babes, whose names I don't know,
Were sto-len a-way one bright sum-mer's day
And were lost in the woods, I've heard peo-ple say.

And when it was night, so sad was their plight
The sun it went down, and the moon gave no light;
They cried and they cried, to go home they cried
And the poor lit-tle babes, they lay down and died.

And when they were dead the ro-bins so red
Brought straw-ber-ry leaves and o-ver them spread
And all the day long they sing their sad song,
"Poor babes in the woods, Poor babes in the woods.

From "Folksongs of Florida"
Alton C. Morris, 1950

DT #542
Laws Q34
@child
@death

JRO

MIDI file: BABEWOOD.MID

Timebase: 192

Name: BABES IN THE WOOD
Text: By traditional
Copyright: From "Folksongs of Florida"
TimeSig: 6/8 24 8
Start
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This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

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T:BABES IN THE WOOD
M:6/8
Q:1/4=120
K:C
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