"Buy me a milking-pail,
Mother, mother."
"Betsy's gone a-milking,
Beautiful daughter."

"Sell my father's feather-bed,
Mother, mother."
"Where will your father lie,
Beautiful daughter?"

"Put him in the boys' bed,
Mother, mother."
"Where will the boys lie,
Beautiful daughter?"

"Put them in the pigs' stye,
Mother, mother."
"Where will the pigs lie,
Beautiful daughter?"

"Put them in the salting-tub,
Mother, mother.
Put them in the salting-tub,
Mother, mother."