Back to song list Previous song On the One Road Next song Our Lads In Crumlin Jail THE OULD WOMAN FROM WEXFORD Well, there was an old woman from Wexford And in Wexford she did well She lovered old man dearly But another one twice as well Chorus: With me tiggery tiggery-toram And me toram-toram-ta Ah one day she went to a doctor Some medicine for to find She said, 'Will ye give me something That'll make my ould man blind?' Says he, 'Give me eggs and marrow bones And make him sup them all And it won't be so very long after That he won't see you at all' Well the doctor wrote a letter And he signed it with his hand He sent it to the ould man Just to let him understand So she fed him the eggs and the marrow bones; And she made him sup them all And it wasn't so very long after That he couldn't see the wall Says th'ould man 'I think I'll drown meself But that might be a sin' Says she, 'I'll come along with you And I'll help to shove you in' Well the ould woman she stood back a bit For to rush an' push him in But the ould man gently stepped aside And she went tumblin' in Oh, how lowdly she did yell And how loudly she did bawl 'Arra, hould yer whist, y'ould woman Sure I can't see you at all Ah, sure eggs, eggs and marrow bones Will make yer ould man blind But, if you want to drown him You must creep up close behind With me tiggery tiggery-toram And me toram-toram-ta With me tiggery tiggery-toram And the blind man he could see230/319, 1422 characters