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[ posted by fairygodmother on Wed Apr 25th, 2007 at 10:23:48 PM ]
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lyric of song
does anyone know the lyrics to the folksong down by the river solya i remember it began there was an ole woman and she lived in a wood
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[ posted by lato on Thu Apr 26th, 2007 at 08:34:35 AM ]
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[ posted by fairygodmother on Sun Apr 29th, 2007 at 08:56:16 PM ]
many thanks
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[ posted by les972 on Sun May 24th, 2009 at 02:20:12 AM ]
Sung by both The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers
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[ posted by les972 on Fri May 29th, 2009 at 01:20:25 AM ]
There was an old woman who lived in a wood
Weila Weila Waila
There was an old woman who lived in a wood
Down by the river Salya
She had a babbie 3 months old
Wela Weila Waila
She had a babbie 3 months old
down by the river Salya
She had a penknife long and sharp
Weila Weila Waila
She had a penknife long and sharp
Down by the river Salya
She stuck the knife in the babbies head
Weila Weila Waila
She stuck the knife in the babbies head
Down by the river Salya
The more she stabbed it the more it bled
Wela Weila Waila
The more she stabbed it the more it bled
Down by the river Salya
3 loud knocks came knocking on her door
Weila Weila Waila
3 loud knocks came knocking on her door
Down by the river Salya
2 policeman and a man
weila Weila Waila
2 policemen and a man
Down by the river Salya
Are you the woman that killed the child
Weila Weila Waila
Are you the woman that killed that child
Down by the river Salya
They took her away and she got hung
Weila Weila Waila
They took her away and she got hung
Down by the river Salya
The moral of this story is
Weila Weila Waila
Don`t stick knives in babbies heads
Down by the river Salya
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[ posted by pete on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 12:53:36 AM ]
What a horrible song. Can't think why anybody would want to write it nor can I imagine why anybody would want to remember it.
Pete
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[ posted by les972 on Mon Jul 6th, 2009 at 03:00:38 PM ]
Hi Pete I didn`t remember it I played the record and wrote it from that and I agree with you
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