The Ould Woman From Wexford

Well, there was an old woman from Wexford
And in Wexford she did well
She loved her old man dearly
But another one twice as well

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 me old man blind?

With me tiggery tiggery toram and me toram toram ta

Says he: Give him eggs and marrow bones
And make him sup ’em all
And it won’t be so very long after
That he won’t see you at all

With me tiggery tiggery toram and me toram toram ta

Well the doctor wrote a letter
And he signed it with his hand
He sent it to the old man
Just to let him understand

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So she fed him the eggs and marrow bones
And she made him sup ’em all
And it wasn’t so very long after
That he couldn’t see the wall

With me tiggery tiggery toram and me toram toram ta

Says th’ol 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

With me tiggery tiggery toram and me toram toram ta

Well the ould woman she stood back a bit
For to rush an’ push him in
But the old man gently stepped aside
And she went tumblin’ in

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Oh, how loudly she did yell
And how loudly she did bawl
‘Arra, hold yer whist, y’ould woman
Sure I can’t see you at all

With me tiggery tiggery toram and me toram toram ta

Ah, sure eggs and eggs and marrow bones
Will make yer old 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 see