Old Woman from Wexford

Old Woman from Wexford - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem

There was an old woman in Wexford

In Wexford town did dwell

She loved her husband dearly

But another man twice as well

With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl

And me right fol low-rel lee

One day she went to the doctor

Some medicine for to find

Saying Doctor give me something

That'll make me ould man blind

With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl

And me right fol low-rel lee

Oh feed him eggs and marrow bones

And make him sup them all

And it won't be so very long after

That'll he won't see you at all

With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl

And me right fol low-rel lee

Oh she fed him eggs and marrow bones

And made him sup them all

And it wasn't so very long after

That'll he couldn't see the wall

With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl

And me right fol low-rel lee

Said he I'd go and drown meself

But that might be a sin

So she I'll go along with you

And I'll help to push you in

With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl

And me right fol low-rel lee

The old woman she went back a bit

To get a running go

The old man blithely stepped aside

And she went in below

With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl

And me right fol low-rel lee

Oh how loudly did she roar

And how loudly did she bawl

Arrah hould yer whisht ould woman says he

Sure I can't see you at all

With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl

And me right fol low-rel lee

She swam and swam and swam and swam

'Till she came to the further brim

The old man got a long larch pole

And he pushed her further in

With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl

And me right fol low-rel lee

O eggs are eggs and marrow bones

Will make your old man blind

But if you want to drown him

You must creep up close behind

With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl

And me right fol low-rel lee