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Ah, there was an old woman from Wexford,
In Wexford town did dwell;
She loved her husband dearly,
And another one twice as well.
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."
With me right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me right foll tour a lee.
"Feed him eggs and marrow-bones,
And make him suck them all;
It won't be very long after,
Sure he won't see you at all."
With me right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me right foll tour a lee.
She fed him eggs and marrow-bones,
And made him suck them all;
It wasn't very long after,
Sure he couldn't see the wall.
With me right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me right foll tour a lee.
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."
With me right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me right foll tour a lee.
The old woman she stepped back for,
To have a run and go;
The old man gently stepped aside,
And she went down below.
With me right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me right foll tour a lee.
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.
With me right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me right foll tour a lee.
Now eatin' eggs and marrow-bones,
Won't make the old man blind;
But, if you want to drown him,
You must creep up close behind.
With me right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me right foll tour a lee.
A variant was also recorded by The Fables (Tear The House Down, 1998, SOCAN).
Two other variants were collected, one in 1958 from Freeman Bennett of St. Paul's and one in 1960 from Leonard Hulan of Jeffrey's, NL, by Ken Peacock and published as Eggs And Marrow-Bones in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 1, pp.261-264, by The National Museum of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved.
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(As arranged by The Fables.)
(Capo 2nd fret)
(a-cappella) (bass & drum beat)
Ah, there was an old woman from Wexford,
In Wexford town did dwell;
She loved her husband dearly,
And another one twice as well.
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."
With me right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me right foll tour a [A] lee.
Feed him eggs and marrow-bones,
And [E] make him suck them [A] all;
It won't be very long [D] after,
Sure he [A] won't see you at [E] all.
With me [A] right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me [E] right foll tour a [A] lee.
She fed him eggs and marrow-bones,
And [E] made him suck them [A] all;
It wasn't very [D] long after,
Sure he [A] couldn't see the [E] wall.
With me [A] right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me [E] right foll tour a [A] lee.
Says he, "I think I'll drown myself,
But [E] that might be a [A] sin."
Says she, "I'll go to the [D] water,
Just to [A] see you don't fall [E] in."
With me [A] right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me [E] right foll tour a [A] lee.
Interlude: Fiddle lead - Key change
[D] The old woman she stepped back for,
To [A] have a run and [D] go;
The old man gently [G] stepped aside,
And [D] she went down [A] below.
With me [D] right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me [A] right foll tour a [D] lee.
She swam and swam and swam until,
She [A] could no further [D] swim;
The old man grabbed a [G] long black pole,
And [D] pushed her further [A] in.
With me [D] right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me [A] right foll tour a [D] lee.
Now eatin' eggs and marrow-bones,
Won't [A] make the old man [D] blind;
But, if you want to [G] drown him,
You must [D] creep up close be- [A] hind.
With me [D] right foll diddy foll dearo,
And me [A] right foll tour a [D] lee.
~ Chords contributed by Bob Dumais ~
