Weila Waile I know it well and sang it with great gusto in school Well 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 Saile (pronounced Salya)

She had a baby six monthes old chorus weila weila waila she had ababy six monthes old down by the river Saile

She had a penknife long and sharp (chorus)

She stuck the penknife in the baby's head (chorus)

There were three loud knocks came a knockin' on the door (chorus)

It was three policemen and a special branch man (chorus)

They put a rope around her neck (chorus)

They pulled the rope and she got hung (chorus)

And that was the end of the woman in the woods weila weila waila and that was the end of the baby too down by the river Saile