"Where have you been all night 'enery my son,
Where have you been all night my beloved one?"
"In the pub dear mother, the pub dear mother,
Make my bed I've a pain in my head and I want to lie down."
"Who took you in the pub, 'enery my son,
Who took you in the pub, my beloved one?"
"Oh a fisherman dear mother, a fisherman dear mother,
Make my bed I've a pain in my head and I want to lie down."
"What did you have to drink 'enery my son,
What did you have to drink, my beloved one?"
"Oh Zyder dear mother, Zyder dear mother,
Make my bed I've a pain in my head and I want to lie down."
Alternative verses:
Where have you been all day ‘enery my son?
Where have you been all day my precious one?
In the woods dear mother, the woods dear mother,
Oh mother come quick, I feel so sick, I want to lay me down and die.
What ate you in them woods ‘enery my son?
What ate you in them woods my precious one?
Eels dear mother, Eels dear mother.
Oh mother come quick, I feel so sick, I want to lay me down and die.
What colour was them eels ‘enery my son?
What colour was them eels my precious one?
Green and yeller, Green and yeller,
Oh mother come quick, I feel so sick, I want to lay me down and die.
Them eels was snakes she said ‘enery my son.
Them eels was snakes she said my precious one.
Snakes! dear mother Snakes! dear mother,
Oh mother come quick, I feel so sick, I want to lay me down and die.
The alternative verses are sung here by Kangy King to a different tune.
Well you could call it singing?
