[Intro]
        
                

[Verse]
              
There was a wo

              
man in our tow

         
n and in our t

own did dwell
             
She loved her 

              
old man dearly

              
, but another 

             
man twice as w

ell

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Verse]
              
She went down 

              
to the doctor 

   
to see if she 

could find
             
Anything in th

              
e whole world 

              
to make her ol

      
d man blind

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Verse]
              
“Oh take him s

              
ixteen marrowb

         
ones and make 

him eat them a

ll
             
And when he's 

              
finished he'll

              
 be so blind, 

              
he won't see y

      
ou at all”

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Verse]
              
So the doctor 

              
he wrote a let

           
ter and he sea

led it with hi

s hand
             
And he sent it

              
 up to the old

              
 man, to make 

         
him understand

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Verse]
              
But the old ma

              
n being a craf

              
ty bugger, he 


knew it all be

fore
             
He ate 'em up 

              
and he says, “

              
My dear, oh, I

              
 can't see you

    
 at all”

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Instrumental]
        
                

[Verse]
              
Says he, “I'll

              
 go to the riv

       
er and there m

yself I'll dro

wn”
             
Says she, “I'l

              
l walk along w

              
ith you, to se

              
e that you don

        
't fall down”

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Verse]
              
They walked al

              
ong together t

         
ill they come 

to the river's

 brim
             
So gently ther

              
e she's kissed

              
 him and she c

            
rept away behi

nd

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Verse]
              
She ran and sh

              
e ran behind h

       
im, to try to 

push him in
             
But the old ma

              
n heard and he

              
 jumped aside 

              
and she went t

        
umbling in

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Instrumental]
        
                

[Verse]
              
So loudly she 

              
did holler and

 
 loud for merc

y call
             
But the old ma

              
n says, “I am 

              
so blind, I ca

              
n't see you at

 
 all”

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Verse]
              
She swam and s

              
he swam and sh

              
e swam around,

          
 till she come

 to the furthe

r brim
             
But the old ma

              
n got the barg

              
e pole and he 

              
pushed her fur

     
ther in

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Verse]
              
“Oh it may tak

              
e sixteen marr

           
owbones to mak

e your old man

 blind
             
But if you wan

              
t to murder hi

              
m, you must cr

              
eep up close b

 
ehind”

[Chorus]
         
And sing fol-l

a-da-lol-la-da

-la-da-day
           
Fol-la-da-la-d

   
il-lay

[Outro]