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

CHORUS: With me tiggery tiggery to ram
And me to ram to ram 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 ould man blind?'

Says he, 'Give him 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 loudly 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

CHORUS: With me tiggery, tiggery toram,
And me toram-toram-ta,

With me tiggery, tiggery toram,
And the blind man he could see.