Lyrics The Woman from Wexford - The Dubliners

The Woman from Wexford

Well, there was an old woman from Wexford
And in Wexford she did dwell
She loved her old man dearly
But another one twice as well
When 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?
When me tiggery, tiggery, toram
And me toram, toram, ta
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
When 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
When me tiggery, tiggery, toram
And me toram, toram, ta
Well, she fed him the eggs and marrow bones
And she made him sup them all
And it wasn’t so very long after that
He couldn’t see the wall
When me tiggery, tiggery, toram
And me toram, toram, ta
Said the old man, I think I drown meself
But that might be a sin
Says she, I’ll come along with you
And I’ll help to shove you in
When me tiggery, tiggery, toram
And me toram, toram, ta
Well, the old woman she stood back a bit
For to rush an' push him in
But the old man gently stood aside
And she went tumblin' in
When me tiggery, tiggery, toram
And me toram, toram, ta
Oh, how loudly she did yell
And how loudly she did bawl
Arra, hold yer whist, old woman
he, I can’t see you at all
When me tiggery, tiggery, toram
And me toram, toram, ta
Ah, sure eggs and eggs and marrow bones
May make yer old man blind
But if you want to drown him
You must creep up close behind
When me tiggery, tiggery, toram
And me toram, toram, ta
Hey, tiggery, tiggery, toram
And the blind man he could see