{"id":1581,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/irish-ballad"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"irish-ballad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/irish-ballad\/","title":{"rendered":"IRISH BALLAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

About a maid I’ll sing this song sing rickety tickety tin
\n… who did not have her family long
\nNot only did she do them wrong.
\nShe did everyone of them in.
\nThem in. She did every one of them in<\/p>\n

One morning in a fit of pique sing rickety tickety tin
\n… she drowned her father in the creek
\nThe water tasted bad for a week
\nAnd we had to make do with gin
\nWith gin. We had to make do with gin<\/p>\n

Her mother she could never stand sing rickety tickety tin
\n… stand and so a cyanide soup she planned
\nThe mother died with a spoon in her hand
\nAnd her face in a hideous grin
\nA grin. Her face in a hideous grin<\/p>\n

She set her sisters hair on fire sing rickety tickety tin
\n… and as the smoke and flame grew higher
\nDanced around the funeral pyre
\nPlaying a violin
\nO-lin. Playing a violin<\/p>\n

She tied her brother down with stones sing rickety tickety tin
\n… and sent him off to Davy Jones
\nAll they ever found were the bones
\nAnd occassional pieces of skin
\nOf skin. Occassional pieces of skin<\/p>\n

One day she had nothing to do sing rickety tickety tin
\n… she cut her baby brother in two
\nServed him up in an Irish stew
\nAnd invited the neighbors in
\n-Bors in. Invited the neighbors in.<\/p>\n

When at last the police came by sing rickety tickety tin
\n… these terrible deeds she did not deny
\nTo do so she would have to lie
\nAnd lying she knew was a sin
\nA sin. Lying she knew was a sin<\/p>\n

ADDITIONAL VERSE
\n[Just one last thing before I go sing rickety tickery tin
\n… there is something I think you ought to know
\nThey had no proof so they let her go
\nAnd they say she was tall and thin
\nAnd thin. They say she was tall and thin.]<\/p>\n

My tragic
\ntale I won’t prolong sing rickety tickety tin
\n… and if you did not enjoy this song
\nYou’ve yourself to blame for letting me go on
\nYou should never have let me begin
\nBegin. You should never have let me begin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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