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Thread #19477   Message #527153
Posted By: Art Thieme
13-Aug-01 - 07:21 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Irish Washer Woman
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Irish Washer Woman
O.K.,

I suspect I must post this---even though it's in bad taste.
It's a set of words I got many years ago from Michael Cooney. I've no idea where he found it. But I did include it in my collection of songs on the life, times and assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. That collection is now in the Library Of Congress Archive Of Folk Culture.

The little song, to the tune of THE IRISH WASHERWOMAN is simply titled TEDDY'S SONG.

Oh, your mother is old,
And your father is dead,
And your brother is dead,
And your brother is dead,
And your brother is dead,
And your kid has one leg,
And your wife is a drunk,
And your car doesen't float.

(art thieme)