B  F#  B    E
B      F#  B   E B   E B

[Verse]
                                     F#
There was a woman in our town and in our town did dwell
    B                                                  E
She loved her old man dearly, but another man twice as well

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
                               F#
She went down to the doctor to see if she could find
B                                               E
Anything in the whole world to make her old man blind

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
                                     F#
“Oh take him sixteen marrowbones and make him eat them all
    B                                                         E
And when he's finished he'll be so blind, he won't see you at all”

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
                                       F#
So the doctor he wrote a letter and he sealed it with his hand
       B                                           E
And he sent it up to the old man, to make him understand

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
                                          F#
But the old man being a crafty bugger, he knew it all before
   B                                                        E
He ate 'em up and he says, “My dear, oh, I can't see you at all”

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Instrumental]
B  F#  B    E
B      F#  B   E B   E B

[Verse]
                                   F#
Says he, “I'll go to the river and there myself I'll drown”
     B                                                          E
Says she, “I'll walk along with you, to see that you don't fall down”

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
                                     F#
They walked along together till they come to the river's brim
   B                                                  E
So gently there she's kissed him and she crept away behind

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
                                   F#
She ran and she ran behind him, to try to push him in
        B                                                       E
But the old man heard and he jumped aside and she went tumbling in

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Instrumental]
B  F#  B    E
B      F#  B   E B   E B

[Verse]
                             F#
So loudly she did holler and loud for mercy call
        B                                                E
But the old man says, “I am so blind, I can't see you at all”

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
                                                    F#
She swam and she swam and she swam around, till she come to the further brim
        B                                                    E
But the old man got the barge pole and he pushed her further in

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
                                       F#
“Oh it may take sixteen marrowbones to make your old man blind
    B                                                    E
But if you want to murder him, you must creep up close behind”

[Chorus]
         B
And sing fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Outro]
B  F#  B    E
B      F#  B   E B   E B