I. Mary’s gone a-milking, Mother, mother, Mary’s gone a-milking, Gentle sweet mother o’ mine. Take your pails and go after her, Daughter, daughter, Take your pails and go after her, Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine. Buy me a pair of new milking pails, Mother, mother, Buy me a pair of new milking pails, Gentle sweet mother o’ mine. Where’s the money to come from, Daughter, daughter, Where’s the money to come from, Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine? Sell my father’s feather bed, Mother, mother, Sell my father’s feather bed, Gentle sweet mother o’ mine. What’s your father to sleep on, Daughter, daughter, What’s your father to sleep on, Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine? Put him in the truckle bed, Mother, mother, Put him in the truckle bed, Gentle sweet mother o’ mine. What are the children to sleep on, Daughter, daughter, What are the children to sleep on, Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine? Put them in the pig-sty, Mother, mother, Put them in the pig-sty, Gentle sweet mother o’ mine. What are the pigs to lie in, Daughter, daughter, What are the pigs to lie in, Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine? Put them in the washing-tubs, Mother, mother, Put them in the washing-tubs, Gentle sweet mother o’ mine. What am I to wash in, Daughter, daughter, What am I to wash in, Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine? Wash in the thimble, Mother, mother, Wash in the thimble, Gentle sweet mother o’ mine. Thimble won’t hold your father’s shirt, Daughter, daughter, Thimble won’t hold your father’s shirt, Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine. Wash in the river, Mother, mother, Wash in the river, Gentle sweet mother o’ mine. Suppose the clothes should blow away, Daughter, daughter, Suppose the clothes should blow away, Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine? Set a man to watch them, Mother, mother, Set a man to watch them, Gentle sweet mother o’ mine. Suppose the man should go to sleep, Daughter, daughter, Suppose the man should go to sleep, Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine? Take a boat and go after them, Mother, mother, Take a boat and go after them, Gentle sweet mother o’ mine.