There was an old woman.
There was an old woman in our town,
In our town did dwell,
She lov’d her husband dearly,
But another man twice as well.
She went unto the Doctor’s,
To see what she could find,
To see if she could get any thing,
To drive her husband blind.
- Sing whack, fal lal &c.
It’s you must get some marrow-bones,
And make him suck them all,
Your husband then will grow so blind.
He can't see you at all.
- Sing whack, &c.
O then she got some marrow-bones
And made him suck them all,
The old man then he grew so blind.
He could not see at all.
- Sing whack, &c.
I'm tired of my life,
And wearied of my wife,
It's I will go and drown myself,
But you must push me in.
- Sing whack, &c.
If you're tired of your life,
And wearied of your wife,
If you will go and drown yourself,
I’ll soon push you in.
- Sing whack, &c.
Then hand in hand together
Till he came to the river brim,
The old pian says, I'll drown myself,
But you must push me in,
- Sing whack, &c.
The old woman she took a long run
For to push the old man in,
The old man then he slipt to one side,
And the old b—-h went tumbling in,
- Sing whack, &c.
So loudly she did hallo,
And so loudly she did bawl,
The old man says, I am so blind
I can't see you at all:
- Sing whack, &c
O then she did swim,
Till she came to the brim,
And the old man got a long stick,
And push d her farther in.
- Sing whack, &c.
It's now my song is ended,
And I can sing no more,
Was he not a curious old man,
And she a callous old w–––e.
- Sing whack, &c.
FINIS.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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