Old Woman from Wexford-The Clancy Brothers

[ti:Old Woman from Wexford] [ar:The Clancy Brothers] [al:The Folk Collection 1955-1962] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Old Woman from Wexford - The Clancy Brothers [00:03.06]There was an old woman in Wexford [00:05.03]In Wexford town did dwell [00:07.04]She loved her husband dearly [00:08.76]But another man twice as well [00:10.66]With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl [00:12.69]And me right fol low-rel lee [00:14.63] [00:16.57]One day she went to the doctor [00:18.47]Some medicine for to find [00:20.52]Saying Doctor give me something [00:22.29]That'll make me ould man blind [00:24.10]With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl [00:26.35]And me right fol low-rel lee [00:28.13] [00:30.04]Oh feed him eggs and marrow bones [00:32.04]And make him sup them all [00:33.42] [00:33.93]And it won't be so very long after [00:35.54]That'll he won't see you at all [00:37.55]With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl [00:39.77]And me right fol low-rel lee [00:41.68]Oh she fed him eggs and marrow bones [00:43.79]And made him sup them all [00:45.74]And it wasn't so very long after [00:47.49]That'll he couldn't see the wall [00:49.37]With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl [00:51.15]And me right fol low-rel lee [00:53.09] [00:53.68]Said he I'd go and drown meself [00:55.66]But that might be a sin [00:57.52]So she I'll go along with you [00:59.33]And I'll help to push you in [01:01.16]With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl [01:03.13]And me right fol low-rel lee [01:05.47]The old woman she went back a bit [01:07.35]To get a running go [01:08.91] [01:09.47]The old man blithely stepped aside [01:11.51]And she went in below [01:13.10]With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl [01:15.08]And me right fol low-rel lee [01:16.76] [01:17.34]Oh how loudly did she roar [01:19.18]And how loudly did she bawl [01:21.33]Arrah hould yer whisht ould woman says he [01:23.28]Sure I can't see you at all [01:25.03]With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl [01:26.65]And me right fol low-rel lee [01:28.70] [01:29.36]She swam and swam and swam and swam [01:31.29]'Till she came to the further brim [01:33.22]The old man got a long larch pole [01:35.41]And he pushed her further in [01:36.92]With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl [01:39.13]And me right fol low-rel lee [01:40.66] [01:41.24]O eggs are eggs and marrow bones [01:43.19]Will make your old man blind [01:44.66] [01:45.18]But if you want to drown him [01:46.81]You must creep up close behind [01:48.73]With me right fol lid-der-al ar-yl [01:50.61]And me right fol low-rel lee