old song mother bathing a baby

[crisgal]

does anyone know what it is?

I only know bits:

he was a delicate mite...........the mother was poor, the baby was thin...........

not much to go on i know!

[Naomicorlett]

http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID= 1433 Golly .My brain is a sad place. Why do I know these things?

[crisgal]

wow, that was fast!

[Naomicorlett]

Apparently it can be sung to the tune of "my bonnie lies over the ocean"

[crisgal]

thank you x

[bensmum]

I remember the Cream version too.

[Bert]

I think Ginger Baker sang the song, and I think he sang,"...'twas nought but a skelington covered with skin .." Quite a few people actually say 'skelington' when they mean 'skeleton'. Probably the same people who say 'chimley' for 'chimney' and 'brought' instead of 'bought'.

[Trotboy]

It's probably 'Mothers Lament' by Cream from the LP 'Disraeli Gears', but I believe it's a version of an old Music Hall number. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=HfJdETDEG Ds