Dubliners Woman From Wexford Lyrics

Well, there was an old woman from Wexford and in
Wexford she did well
She loved her old man dearly but another one twice as
well

Chorus:
With 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?

Says he: Give him eggs and marrow bones and make him
sup 'em all
And it won't be so very long after that he won't see
you at all

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

So she fed him the eggs and marrow bones and she made
him sup 'em all
And it wasn't so very long after that he couldn't see the wall

Says th'ol man: I think I'll drown meself, but that
might be a sin
Says she: I'll come along with you and I'll help to
shove you in

Well the ould 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

Oh, how loudly she did yell and how loudly she did bawl
'Arra, hold yer whist, y'ould woman, says he I can't
see you at all

Ah, sure eggs and eggs and marrow bones will make yer
old man blind
But if you want to drown him, you must creep up close
behind

With me tiggery tiggery toram and me toram toram ta
With me tiggery tiggery toram and the blind man he
could see