"Edward" by Anonymous - Repetition

"And what will ye leave to your children and wife, / Edward, Edward, / And what will ye leave to your children and wife." The repitition of the first phrase of each stanza gives the poem a song-like feeling. To me, the poem has the feel of a nursery rhyme.  However, it is quite a depressing nursery rhyme. "And what will ye leave to your own mother dear...The cures of hell from me shall ye bear;" that is not the loving words of a son. The repetition of her question transforms it into a plea. She is hoping that her son will choose the good over the evil, but he does not. The repitition almost mocked the mother. It made her seem like the loving mother at home, singing nursery rhymes to her young child. Yet, the old child does not want this anymore and curses her for it. Such love...