1 'O whaur hae ye been a' the day, my little wee croodlin doo?' 'O I 've been at my grandmother's; mak my bed, mammie, now!' 2 'O what gat ye at your grandmother's, my little wee croodlin doo?' 'I got a bonnie wee fishie; mak my bed, mammie, now!' 3 'O whaur did she catch the fishie, my bonnie wee croodlin doo?' 'She catchd it in the gutter hole: mak my bed, mammie, now!' 4 'And what did she do wi the fish, my little wee croodlin doo?' 'She boiled it in a brass pan; O mak my bed, mammie, now!' 5 'And what did ye do wi the banes o't, my bonnie wee croodlin doo?' 'I gied them to my little dog; mak my bed, mammie, now!' 6 'And what did your little doggie do, my bonnie wee croodlin doo?' 'He stretched out his head, his feet, and deed; and so will I, mammie, now!' L Buchan's MSS, II, 322; Ballads of the North of Scotland, II, 179. 1 'Whar hae ye been a' the day, Willie doo, Willie doo? Whar hae ye been a' the day, Willie, my doo?' 2 'I've been to see my step-mother; make my bed, lay me down; Make my bed, lay me down, die shall I now!' 3 'What got ye frae your step-mother, Willie doo, Willie doo? What got ye frae your step-mother, Willie, my doo?' 4 'She gae me a speckled trout; make my bed, lay me down; She gae me a speckled trout, die shall I now!' 5 'Whar got she the speckled trout, Willie doo, Willie doo?' 'She got it amang the heather hills; die shall I now.' 6 'What did she boil it in, Willie doo, Willie doo?' 'She boild it in the billy-pot; die shall I now!' 7 'What gaed she you for to drink, Willie doo, Willie doo? What gaed she you for to drink, Willie, my doo?' 8 'She gaed me hemlock stocks; make my bed, lay me down; Made in the brewing pot; die shall I now!' 9 They made his bed, laid him down, poor Willie doo, Willie doo; He turnd his face to the wa; he 's dead now! M Popular Rhymes of Scotland, 1870, p. 51. "Mrs Lockhart's copy." 1 'Where hae ye been a' the day, my bonny wee croodin doo?' 'O I hae been at my stepmother's house; make my bed, mammie, now, now, now, Make my bed, mammie, now!' 2 'Where did ye get your dinner?' my, etc. 'I got it at my stepmother's;' make, etc. 3 'What did she gie ye to your dinner?' 'She gae me a little four-footed fish.' 4 'Where got she the four-footed fish?' 'She got it down in yon well strand;' O make, etc. 5 'What did she do with the banes o't?' 'She gae them to the little dog.' 6 'O what became o the little dog?' 'O it shot out its feet and died;' O make, etc. N Kinloch's MSS, V, 347. In Dr John Hill Burton's hand. 1 'Fare hae ye been a' day, a' day, a' day, Fare hae ye been a' day, my little wee croudlin doo?'