[Intro]
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[Verse]
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There was a woman in our town and in our town did dwell
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She loved her old man dearly, but another man twice as well
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
She went down to the doctor to see if she could find
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Anything in the whole world to make her old man blind
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
“Oh take him sixteen marrowbones and make him eat them all
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And when he's finished he'll be so blind, he won't see you at all”
[Chorus]
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And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
So the doctor he wrote a letter and he sealed it with his hand
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And he sent it up to the old man, to make him understand
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
But the old man being a crafty bugger, he knew it all before
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He ate 'em up and he says, “My dear, oh, I can't see you at all”
[Chorus]
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And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
F#
Says he, “I'll go to the river and there myself I'll drown”
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Says she, “I'll walk along with you, to see that you don't fall down”
[Chorus]
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And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
They walked along together till they come to the river's brim
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So gently there she's kissed him and she crept away behind
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
She ran and she ran behind him, to try to push him in
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But the old man heard and he jumped aside and she went tumbling in
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
F#
So loudly she did holler and loud for mercy call
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But the old man says, “I am so blind, I can't see you at all”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
She swam and she swam and she swam around, till she come to the further brim
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But the old man got the barge pole and he pushed her further in
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Verse]
F#
“Oh it may take sixteen marrowbones to make your old man blind
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But if you want to murder him, you must creep up close behind”
[Chorus]
B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B F# B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay
[Outro]
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