Christy Moore - Marrow Bones lyrics

There was an old woman
Who in our town did dwell
Who loved her husband dearly
But another man twice as well

She went to the doctor to
See what she could find
To see what she could find, sir
For to make her old man blind

Feed him eggs and marrow bones
Feed them to him all
And you'll make you old man so blind
That he won't see you at all
She fed him eggs and marrow bones
She fed them to him all
And she made her old man so blind
That he couldn't see her at all

Now that I'm getting old and blind
I'm weary of my life
So I will go and drown myself
And that will end my strife

To drown yourself to drown yourself
Now that would be a sin
You just stand by the river bank
And I will push you in so the old woman
She took a running jump for to
Push the old man in
The old man he just stepped aside
And the old woman she fell in

"Save me, save me
" the old woman she did call
The old man said "I am so blind
That I can't see you at all"

She swam along, she swam along till she came
To the river's brim
But the old man he got a big long pole
And he pushed her further in

So now the old woman is dead and gone
And the devil has got her soul
And wasn't she just a durned old fool
That she didn't grab that pole

Eggs, eggs and marrow bones will
Make your old man blind
But, if you want for to do him in
Creep up from behind