Intro = C F G C
Verse 1
C
There was an old woman from Wexford
G C
In Wexford town did dwell
F
She loved her husband dearly
G F
But another man twice as well
Chorus
C G
With me right follidder aryl
C G C
And me right follow rellee
Verse 2
C
One day she went to the doctor
G C
Some medicine for to find
F
Saying "Doctor give me something
G F
That'll make me auld man blind"
Chorus
C G
With me right follidder aryl
C G C
And me right follow rellee
Verse 3
C
"Oh, feed him eggs and marrow bones
G C
And make him sup them all
F
And it won't be so very long after
G F
That'll he won't see you at all"
Chorus
C G
With me right follidder aryl
C G C
And me right follow rellee
Verse 4
C
So she fed him eggs and marrow bones
G C
And made him sup them all
F
And it wasn't so very long after
G F
That he couldn't see the wall
Chorus
C G
With me right follidder aryl
C G C
And me right follow rellee
Verse 5
C
"O,"says he "I'd go and drown meself
G C
But that might be a sin"
F
"Well," says she "I'll go along with you
G F
And I'll help to push you in"
Chorus
C G
With me right follidder aryl
C G C
And me right follow rellee
Verse 6
C
The old woman she went back a bit
G C
To get a running go
F
The old man blithely stepped aside
G F
And she went in below
Chorus
C G
With me right follidder aryl
C G C
And me right follow rellee
Verse 7
C
Oh, how loudly did she roar
G C
And how loudly did she bawl
F
"Arrah hould yer whisht auld woman," says he
G F
"Sure I can't see you at all"
Chorus
C G
With me right follidder aryl
C G C
And me right follow rellee
Verse 8
C
She swam and swam and swam and swam
G C
'Till she came to the further brim
F
The old man got a long, larch pole
G F
And he pushed her further in
Chorus
C G
With me right follidder aryl
C G C
And me right follow rellee
Verse 9
C
O eggs are eggs and marrow bones
G C
Will make your old man blind
F
But if you want to drown him
G F
You must creep up close behind
Chorus
C G
With me right follidder aryl
C G C
And me right follow rellee