Steeleye Span - Marrowbones lyrics
[Steeleye Span - Marrowbones lyrics]
There was a woman in our town
And in our town did dwell
She loved her husband dearly but
Another man twice as well
And sing Folder oh la la la
She went down to the doctor to
See if she could find
Anything in the whole world to
Make her old man blind
And sing Folder oh la la la
Oh take him sixteen marrowbones and
Make him eat them all
And when he's finished he'll be so blind
That he won't see you at all
And sing Folder oh la la la
So the doctor he wrote a letter and
He sealed it with his hand
And he sent it up to the
Old man to make him understand
And sing Folder oh la la la
But the old man being a crafty bugger
He knew it all before
He ate them up and he says: 'Me dear
I can't see you at all'
And sing Folder oh la la la
Says he: 'I'll go to the river
And there meself I'll drown'
Says she: 'I'll walk along with you to
See that you don't fall down'
And sing Folder oh la la la
They walked along together till they
Come to the river's brim
So gently there she's kissed him
And she crept away behind
And sing Folder oh la la la
She ran and she ran behind him
To try to push him in
But the old man heard and he jumped
Aside and she went tumbling in
And sing Folder oh la la la
So loudly she did holler and
Loud for mercy call
But the old man says: 'I am so blind
I can't see you at all'
And sing Folder oh la la la
She swam and she swam and she swam around
Till she came to the further brim
But the old man got the barge pole
And he pushed her further in
And sing Folder oh la la la
Oh it may take sixteen marrowbones to
Make your old man blind
But, if you want to murder him
You must creep up close behind
And sing Folder oh la la la
And in our town did dwell
She loved her husband dearly but
Another man twice as well
And sing Folder oh la la la
She went down to the doctor to
See if she could find
Anything in the whole world to
Make her old man blind
And sing Folder oh la la la
Oh take him sixteen marrowbones and
Make him eat them all
And when he's finished he'll be so blind
That he won't see you at all
And sing Folder oh la la la
So the doctor he wrote a letter and
He sealed it with his hand
And he sent it up to the
Old man to make him understand
And sing Folder oh la la la
But the old man being a crafty bugger
He knew it all before
He ate them up and he says: 'Me dear
I can't see you at all'
And sing Folder oh la la la
Says he: 'I'll go to the river
And there meself I'll drown'
Says she: 'I'll walk along with you to
See that you don't fall down'
And sing Folder oh la la la
They walked along together till they
Come to the river's brim
So gently there she's kissed him
And she crept away behind
And sing Folder oh la la la
She ran and she ran behind him
To try to push him in
But the old man heard and he jumped
Aside and she went tumbling in
And sing Folder oh la la la
So loudly she did holler and
Loud for mercy call
But the old man says: 'I am so blind
I can't see you at all'
And sing Folder oh la la la
She swam and she swam and she swam around
Till she came to the further brim
But the old man got the barge pole
And he pushed her further in
And sing Folder oh la la la
Oh it may take sixteen marrowbones to
Make your old man blind
But, if you want to murder him
You must creep up close behind
And sing Folder oh la la la