Where have you been my oldest child, my dearest little darling?

In the bottom of the lake, the lake where the waters are cold and muddy.

Oh woe, down below, it's a wonder you weren't drowned.

Where have you been my youngest child, O my prettyest little poppet?

Under the pond, the pond where the water is foul and bitter.

Oh woe, down below, it's a wonder you weren't drowned.

Where have you been my middlest child, mothers most loved moppet.

Down the well, the well where the water is fine and clear.

Oh woe, down below, it's a wonder you weren't drowned.

What learned you there, what learned you there?

In the lake, the well and the pond?

We learnt to be wet and we learnt to be cold, that we was all alone, in the lake, the pond and the well

Oh woe, down below, it's a wonder you weren't drowned.

Soon, very soon, drowned we will be to bring, to bring you with us we have come to take you to the pond, the lake and the well .

Come in the house, come in the house and sit down by fire, I'll wrap you with warm blankets and give you daffodil soup.

No, we would sooner drown, sooner drown, in the lake, the well and the pond