The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #16883 Message #160625
Posted By: Fred Burns
10-Jan-00 - 12:16 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Skin & Bones
Subject: Lyr Add: THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN ALL SKIN AND BONES
Thanks to all for your replies. I should probably list the version I heard.
There was an old woman, all skin and bones, Ooo Ooo Ooo She took it in her head one day to hear the parson sing and pray Ooo Ooo Ooo When she got to the churchyard style she stopped to rest a little while Ooo Ooo Ooo When she got to the church-house door she stopped to rest a little more Ooo Ooo Ooo When she got to the church within the parson prayed and she did sing Ooo Ooo Ooo She looked up and she looked down she saw a corpse upon the ground Ooo Ooo Ooo The woman to the parson said "will I look so when I am dead?" Ooo Ooo Ooo The parson to the woman said "you will look so when you are dead" Ooo Ooo Ooo The woman to the parson said (shriek!)
Of course getting quieter and quieted on the last 2 or 3 verses.