The Cruel Mother- Mrs. W. H. Smith (Maine) 1940 Flanders; Ballads Migrant in New England
The Cruel Mother- Smith (Maine) 1940 Flanders
In New York there lived a lady fair
All alone and alone-y!
There she had two little babies,
Down by the greenwood side-y!
"O babes, O babes, if you were mine,
All alone and alone-y!
I would dress you up in silks so fine."
Down by the greenwood side-y!