|
16 Jul 02 - 11:36 AM (#748914) Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: Pa From: GUEST,Passia There was an old woman and she lived in the woods, Weile weile waila. There was an old woman and she lived in the woods, Down by the river Saile. Well, she had a baby three months old, Weile weile waila. She had a baby three months old, Down by the river Saile. And she had a penknife long and sharp, Weile weile waila. She had a penknife long and sharp, Down by the river Saile. Then she stuck the penknife in the baby's heart, Weile weile waila. She stuck the penknife in the baby's heart, Down by the river Saile. The were three loud knocks came a-knocking on the door, Weile weile waila. Three loud knocks came a-knocking on the door, Down by the river Saile. There were two policemen and a special branch man, Weile weile waila. Two policemen and a special branch man, Down by the river Saile. They took her away and they put her in the Gaol Weile weile waila. They took her away and they put her in the Gaol Down by the river Saile. So they put a rope around her neck, Weile weile waila. They put a rope around her neck, Down by the river Saile. Then they pulled the rope and she got hung, Weile weile waila. They pulled the rope and she got hung, Down by the river Saile. Well that was the end of the woman in the wood, Weile weile waila. And that was the end of the baby, too, Down by the river Saile. |
|
16 Jul 02 - 11:43 AM (#748924) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Pa From: MMario You should hear Celtic Soul sing this! |
|
16 Jul 02 - 08:00 PM (#749336) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Pa From: Snuffy You couldn't hear the Dubliners sing this in the 60s on the BBC! WassaiL! V |
|
17 Jul 02 - 01:53 PM (#749760) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Pa From: Genie Ah, yes, another tearjerker about mother love! ;-) |
|
17 Jul 02 - 02:20 PM (#749789) Subject: Lyr Add: WEELA WALLIA From: masato sakurai I think this is a related (possibly Irish) song to "The Cruel Mother" (Child #20). Often as a jump-rope rhyme or some other game song. Dominic Behan (on Streets of Songs) and the Clancy Brothers (on The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in Ireland) sang this. Unfortunately I don't have these LPs. (From: HERE)
WEELA WALLIA
There was an old woman who lived in the woods
She had a baby six months old
She had a penknife three foot long
She stuck the penknife in the baby's head
Three big knocks came a-knocking at the door
"Are you the woman what killed the child?"
"I am the woman what killed the child"
The rope got chucked and she got hung
The moral of this story is ~Masato
|
|
17 Jul 02 - 07:33 PM (#749991) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Pa From: Snuffy Guest Passia's version above seems like the Dubliners version I remember from the 60's. I'm sure there's an old thread somewhere discussing the relative merits of heads against hearts for sticking penknives in. In many ways it resembles a shanty, and I suppose it is a work song, even if the work is skipping. WassaiL! |
|
18 Jul 02 - 07:34 AM (#750285) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Pa From: masato sakurai WEILE WAILE has been posted and discussed in these threads: Bloody Gore -- But Just For Laughs and The Cruel Mother. The lyrics with guitar chords for the Dubliners' version are HERE. ~Masato |
|
30 Aug 08 - 06:27 PM (#2426509) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Pa From: GUEST,Garmanach 'sallia' would appear to be related to be connected to the Irish word 'sáile', meaning 'salty'. e.g., the original name for Tacumshin LLake in Co. Wexford was @Lough Sale' in English, and 'Loch Sáile' in irish. Being a tombolo, it is partially, a salt-water lake. I wonder does Weelia Wallia also come from Gaelic doggerl; was it originally sung in Irish/Gaelic? The Celtic tradition has 'shanty'-like work-songs that resemble Welia Wallia in form - e.g., women's working songs from the Scottish Western Isles, and repetitive and improvisable songs from the Irish tradition, like 'Cúnnla'. |
|
22 Aug 11 - 06:47 AM (#3210772) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: WEELA WALLIA From: GUEST hi, what are the chords for this? |
|
13 Mar 17 - 04:36 PM (#3844720) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Weela Wallia From: mayomick Just saw this : The Poddle was once known as the "Tiber' and was also known as the River Salach (dirty river), which is the origin of the children's song "Down by the river Saile". It is also the river whose peaty, mountain water gave Dublin its name ['Dubh-linn' = Black Pool]. |
|
13 Mar 17 - 05:47 PM (#3844737) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Weela Wallia From: FreddyHeadey In the ...1970s in Liverpool my big brothers taught me these lines, only slightly different from masato sakurai - PM Date: 17 Jul 02 - 02:20 PM ( Bled is good to rhyme with head and 'hung' was shouted at the end of that line) She had a penknife six inch long She stuck the knife in the baby's head Weela weela walia The more she stuck it, the more it bled. Three big scuffers come knocking on the door The babby went to heaven and she got hung ~~~~~~~~~ 2 scuffers An amusing victorian phrase for the the police, the Old bill, the bizzies etc. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scuffers |
|
14 Mar 17 - 12:28 AM (#3844778) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Weela Wallia From: Bugsy Try this for starters, then embellish as you see fit (D7)There (G)was an old woman who lived in the woods Weela weela (C)wallia(G) There (D7)was an old woman who lived in the woods Down by the river (G)Sallia. CHeers Bugsy |