VERSE 1
There was a lady grand
And children she had three
She sent them away, to th north country
To learn their grameree
VERSE 2
They had not been there long
Not more'n two weeks or three
Till death, O death, it came in haste
An' snatched those babes away
VERSE 3
She spread her table white
She spread it with bread and wine
Saying, babes, O babes, come down from heaven
And eat and drink of mine
VERSE 4
We cannot eat your bread
And we cannot drink your wine
For yonder stands our own dear Saviour
To him we must resign
This is just part of this song and all that Allie Long Parker could remember. She learned this from her Father.
VARIANTS:
0030 The Woman That Lived in the West Countree
0585 Lady Gay
0768 Three Little Babes
OTHER COLLECTIONS:
Child: 79 The Wife of Ushers Well
Randolph: I-19 The Three Little Babes
Belden: p. 55 The Wife of Ushers Well
Brown: II-25 The Wife of Ushers Well
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