Weile Waile
(Trad.)
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There was an old woman and she lived in the woods, weile, weile, waile;
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There was an old woman and she lived in the woods, down by the river Saile.
She had a baby, three months old, weile, weile, waile;
She had a baby, three months old, down by the river Saile.
: She had a pen-knife long and sharp, weile, weile, waile;
She had a pen-knife long and sharp, down by the river Saile.
: She stuck the pen-knife in the baby's heart, weile, weile, waile;
She stuck the pen-knife in the baby's heart, down by the river Saile.
: Three policemen came knocking at the door, weile, weile, waile;
Three policemen came knocking at the door, down by the river Saile.
: They put a rope around her neck, weile, weile, waile;
They put a rope around her neck, down by the river Saile.
: They pulled the rope and she was hung, weile, weile, waile;
They pulled the rope and she was hung, down by the river Saile.
: And that was the end of the woman from the woods, weile, weile, waile;
And that was the end of the baby, too, down by the river Saile.
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