Weila Waile - The Dubliners

There was an old woman

And she lived in the wood

Weila Weila Waila

There was an old woman

And she lived in the wood

Down by the River Saila

She had a baby

Three month old

Weila Weila Waila

She had a baby

Three month old

Down by the River Saila

She had a pen-knife

Long and sharp

Weila Weila Waila

She had a pen-knife

Long and sharp

Down by the River Saila

Then she stuck the pen-knife

In the baby’s heart

Weila Weila Waila

She stuck the pen-knife

In the baby’s heart

Down by the River Saila

Two policemen

And a Special Branch man

Weila Weila Waila

Two policemen

And a Special Branch man

Down by the River Saila

They put a rope

Around her kneck

Weila Weila Waila

They put a rope

Around her kneck

Down by the River Saila

Then they pulled the rope

And she got hung

Weila Weila Waila

They pulled the rope

And she got hung

Down by the River Saila

And that was the end

Of the woman in the wood

Weila Weila Waila

That was the end

Of the woman in the wood

Down by the River Saila