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T:Babes in the Wood
B:Randolph, V, 1982. Ozark Folksongs, Illinois Press, Urbana
S:Marie Wilbur, Pineville, Mo., June 30, 1929
Z:Randolph, V
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:Oh, don't you re-mem-ber, a long time a-go,
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w:When two lit-tle babes, their names I don't know,
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w:Were sto-len a-way, one bright sum-mer day,
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w: And lost in the woods, I've heard peo-ple say.
W:Oh, don't you remember, a long time ago,
W:When two little babies, their names I don't know,
W:Were stolen away one bright summer day,
W:And lost in the woods, I've heard people say.
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W:And when it was night, oh, sad was their plight,
W:The moon had gone down, the stars gave no light;
W:They sobbed and they sighed, and bitterly cried,
W:Then the poor little babes, they lay down and died.
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W:And when they were dead the robins so red,
W:Brought strawberry leaves and over them spread,
W:And sang them a song the whole summer long,
W:Poor babes in the woods, who never did wrong.