The Old Woman from Wexford Lyrics

Ah there was an old woman from Wexford
In Wexford town did dwell
She loved her husband dearly
And another one twice as well

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With me right foll diddy foll dearo
And me right foll tour a lee

One day she went to the doctor
Some medicine for to find
She said "Doctor give me something
For to make the old man blind"

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"Feed him eggs and marrow bone
And make him suck them all
It won't be very long after
Sure he won't see you at all"

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She fed him eggs and marrow bone
And made him suck them all
It wasn't very long after
Sure he couldn't see the wall

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Says he "I think I'll drown myself
But that might be a sin"
Says she "I'll go to the water
Just to see you don't fall in"

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The old woman she stepped back for
To have a run and go
The old man gently stepped aside
And she went down below

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She swam and swam and swam until
She could no further swim
The old man grabbed a long black pole
And pushed her further in

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Now eatin' eggs and marrow bone
Won't make the old man blind
But if you want to drown him
You must creep up close behind

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