My Mother Said that I Must Go

DESCRIPTION: "My mother said that I must go To fetch my father's dinner, o. Chappit tatties, beef and steak, Two red herrings, and a bawbee bake/hapnie cake."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1964 (Montgomerie)
KEYWORDS: mother father food nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber,Bord))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Montgomerie/Montgomerie-ScottishNurseryRhymes 145, "(My mother said that I must go)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #374, "My mother cried me up to go wi my father's dinner-o" (1 text, which opens with "My Mother Said that I Must Go" and ends with "Went to the River (I)" or one of its variants)
Roud #9531
File: MSNR145

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