Cat. #1592 (MFH #61) - As sung by Ralph Spencer Family, Coal Hill, Arkansas on November 20, 1976
VERSE 1
My dear, don't you know
Along time ago
There were two little babes
Whose names I don't know
They were strollin' away
On a fair summer day
They were left in th woods
I've heard people say
VERSE 2
When it was night
So sad, was their plight
Th sun had gone down
An' th moon gave no light
They sobbed an' they sighed
An' they bitterly cried
Then th poor little babes
They laid down an' died
VERSE 3
When they were dead
Th little robins so red
Brought Strawberry leaves
A n' over them spread
All th day long
They sang them this song
Poor babes in th woods
Poor babes in th woods
An' don't you remember
Th babes in th woods