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There was a woman in our town and in our town did dwell |
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She loved her husband dearly but another man twice as well |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |
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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 |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |
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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 that he won't see you at all |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |
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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 |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |
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But the old man being a crafty bugger, he knew it all before |
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He ate them up and he says : 'Me dear, I can't see you at all' |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |
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Says he : 'I'll go to the river and there meself I'll drown' |
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Says she : 'I'll walk along with you to see that you don't fall down' |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |
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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 |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |
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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 |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |
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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' |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |
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She swam and she swam and she swam around till she came to the further brim |
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But the old man got the barge pole and he pushed her further in |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |
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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 |
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And sing Folder oh la la la ... |