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Thread #908   Message #2718
Posted By: Susan of DT
02-Mar-97 - 02:58 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 3 Irish songs
Subject: RE: Lyrics required
Wella Walla {spelling?] is a kids version of the Cruel Mother that I thought we had in the database, but it doesn not seem to be there, so:

There was a lady what lived up North Wella wella walla There was a woman what lived up North Down by the River Sallia

She had a baby six month old Wella... She had a baby six month old Down by...

She stuck[dialect spelling??] a knife in the baby's head... The more she stuck the more it bled...

Great big knock come a knocking at the door... Two policemen and a man..

Is you the woman what killed the child? Is you the woman what killed the child

The rope got chuck and she got hung... The rope got chuck and she got hung...

Aren't kids versions great? They are always bloodier than the original.