There Was a Wee Lambie Fell Over a Rock

DESCRIPTION: "There was a wee lambie fell over a rock And when it fell over its leg it was broke, And all that the poor little lambie could do Was to lie and cry out 'Billaloo, billaloo.'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: sheep injury
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 29, "There was a wee lambie fell over a rock" (1 text)
Roud #25361
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Vilikens and his Dinah (William and Dinah) [Laws M31A/B]" (tune & meter) and references there
File: KSUC029B

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