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Thread #48861   Message #735760
Posted By: Genie
24-Jun-02 - 11:35 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: On We Go
Subject: On We Go
Looking for lyrics to an Irish or English [I think] folk song called "On We Go."  The tune is reminiscent of
"Heigh, Ho, Nobody Home," and I don't really need the chords all that much [but if you've got 'em handy, ...].

Here are some of the lyrics I can recall:
 

There was an old woman and there was an old man,
They loved upon the high road, oh.
He once said, as a chucky for his pay,
That she was her mother's darlin', oh.
 

Chorus:
On we go, on we go
Would ye see me pregnant, see me die alone?
On we go, on we go,
Come a little closer to me, darlin', oh.
 
 

"Come with me, you silly old man,
Cozy as a codfish, oh.
................
................
 

She took him by his ........ hand
And led him to an alehouse, oh.
...................
And filled him full o' whiskey, oh.
 

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Anyway, she drowns him in a well and then we all sing the chorus again.
 
 

I've searched the DT and forum for "On We Go," and for "Come a little closer" and for "cozy as a codfish," and I've come up with zilch.  I figured one of you 'cats may know the song.

Thanks,

Genie