The Irish Ballad-Tom Lehrer

[ti:The Irish Ballad] [ar:Tom Lehrer] [al:Songs By Tom Lehrer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Irish Ballad - Tom Lehrer [00:08.66]About a maid i'll sing a song [00:10.74]Sing rickety-tickety-tin [00:12.36] [00:13.07]About a maid i'll sing a song [00:15.22]Who didn't have her family long [00:17.78]Not only did she do them wrong [00:20.53] [00:21.40]She did ev'ryone of them in them in [00:25.27]She did ev'ryone of them in [00:28.10] [00:28.85]One morning in a fit of pique [00:30.56] [00:31.10]Sing rickety-tickety-tin [00:32.46] [00:33.35]One morning in a fit of pique [00:35.53]She drowned her father in the creek [00:37.83]The water tasted bad for a week [00:40.83] [00:41.60]And we had to make do with gin with gin [00:45.39]We had to make do with gin [00:47.63] [00:48.93]Her mother she could never stand [00:51.29]Sing rickety-tickety-tin [00:53.37]Her mother she cold never stand [00:55.52]And so a cyanide soup she planned [00:58.64]The mother died with a spoon in her hand [01:02.01] [01:02.53]And her face in a hideous grin a grin [01:06.69]Her face in a hideous grin [01:09.35] [01:10.18]She set her sister's hair on fire [01:12.56]Rickety-tickety-tin [01:14.05] [01:14.59]She set her sister's hair on fire [01:16.80]And as the smoke and flame rose high'are [01:19.29]Danced around the funeral pyre [01:22.74]Playin' a violin olin [01:26.13] [01:26.66]Playin' a violin [01:28.64] [01:29.98]She weighted her brother down with stones [01:31.98]Rickety-tickety-tin [01:32.72] [01:33.47]She weighted her brother down with stones [01:35.19]And sent him off to davy jones [01:37.19]All they ever found were some bones [01:40.39] [01:41.03]And occasional pieces of skin of skin [01:45.84]Occasional pieces of skin [01:48.00] [01:49.28]One day when she had nothing to do [01:51.68]Rickety-tickety-tin [01:53.35]One day when she had nothing to do [01:55.73]She cut her baby brother in two [01:57.91]And served him up as an irish stew [02:00.97] [02:01.60]And invited the neighbors in bors in [02:05.11]Invited the neighbors in [02:07.21] [02:09.53]And when at last the police came by [02:11.95]Rickety-tickety-tin [02:13.79]And when at last the police came by [02:16.17]Her little pranks she did not deny [02:18.92]To do so she would have had to lie [02:21.98] [02:22.53]And lying she knew was a sin a sin [02:26.27]Lying she knew was a sin [02:28.50] [02:31.77]My tragic tale i won't prolong [02:34.25]Rickety-tickety-tin [02:36.18]My tragic tale i won't prolong [02:38.44]And if you do not enjoy my song [02:41.24]You've yourselves to blame if it's too long [02:44.73] [02:45.57]You should never have let me begin begin [02:49.06]You should never have let me begin