The Song About a Worker made me think of this one, so I went searching for lyrics. Here's one version I found at this site (click), but I think we should come up with a better rendition of the lyrics, and a suitable history of the song. Seamus Kennedy does a great job on this one on the appropriately-titled Gets On Everybody's Nerves [grin]. I couldn't find it posted, although I found mention of it in a couple of threads. If I'm not mistaken, the tune is almost the same as the chorus of Keep That Wheel A-Turnin'.
-Joe Offer-

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WEE WILLIE'S LOST HIS MARLEY

Wee Willie lost his marley,
Wee Willie lost his marley,
Wee Willie lo-o-o-o-o-st his marley,
Down by the old mill road.


[each verse repeats the first line like the above, then ends with
"Down by the old mill road." Following are the rest of the first
lines.]

He lost it down a grating'...

So he went an' got a big stick...

And he rammed it down the gratin'...

But he didn't get his marley...

So he went and got a wiener dog...

And he rammed it down the gratin'...

But he didn't get his marley...

So he went and got his grandma...

And he rammed her down the gratin'...

But he didn't get his marley...

So he went an' got some dynamite...

And he blew up half of Belfast...

But he didn't get his marley...

It was in his trouser pocket!...
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BTW, a marley is a marble and a gratin', well, is a gratin' over a storm pipe. I've suspected this was a little bothersome to grandmas and dog lovers, as well as to some factions in North Ireland, probably.

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(Comments are from the website where I found the lyrics, not from me. The same thought came to me, though - would mothers be upset if I sang this to their children? -Joe Offer-)