Willie cut off his sister’s head

Willie cut off his sister’s head
And left it lying hairless.
“Really, Willie,” said his mother,
“You sure are getting careless.”

-or-

Willie scalped his little brother,
Left him lying hairless;
“Willie,” said his worried mother,
“You are getting careless.”

The second version was published in Limerick Lyrics, Stanton Vaughn (ed.), 1904