The Dubliners Weila Waila

[fionaandflora]

wow good to know I wasn't the only child who had this song sung to them

[shauneens]

love this wee song used to get it sung to me as a child, it brings back some great memories!

[1798UnitedIrishMen]

@darrin42 great song man fair play to ya

[1798UnitedIrishMen]

Ireland forever !!!

[queenqueefy]

my mum used to sing this to me when i was a baby. ha!

[shawnbiggerstaff]

What album was the Clancy bros. Version

[MrDubstep50]

this song is like the darkest in history but they disguise if by singing happily

[TheRebelman95]

what the hell? did he say she stabbed the kid in the head

[hopey567]

@TheRebelman95 that's Ireland for you!

[Thrawn6211]

@TheRebelman95 heart

[Spirosaur]

@TheRebelman95 Actually, it's heart

[TheRebelman95]

@Spirosaur still fucked up

[rojblake82]

Depressing song in billions of ways and not nice to listen to.

[angiec789]

Where can I download the Dubliners Discography?

[uswarrior90]

@angiec789 you can download their discography at wwwdotkatdotph just type in the dubliners in the search bar, and take the dot and replace the dot with (.) lol

[jessuatwork]

the women that killed their babies would have been hanged that time, today they are sponsored by the tax payers to take abortion. great song,

They took her away and they put her into jail

A weila weila waila

They took her away and they put her into jail

Down by the River Saile

They put a rope around her neck

A weila weila waila

They put a rope around her neck

Down by the River Saile

[TheFacelessActivist]

@jessuatwork

A fetus is an organic being in a parasitic state without feelings, dispositions or any kind of neurobiological properties. To make an abortion is NOT murder since you can't murder a being that doesn't live. By your logic: We shouldn't use tapeworm medicine either, and put people in jail for stepping on flowers...

[BlaineProvince]

@TheFacelessActivist You are my hero I always wanted to say something like this but couldn't find the right words to do so

[TheFacelessActivist]

@BlaineProvince

Always glad to help, comrade.

[dogneybob]

Thumbs up if you noticed the green writing said "the dubiners" rather than "The Dubliners" :)

[clareboreham]

loved when my dad used to sing this sone to me, happy memories

[crazydrummer99999]

awesome song, awesome

[windbreck]

2nd fav song of the dubliners!!

[vandaylen]

If anyone's curious about how a song like this came to be, it's one of many of this kind mostly coming of the great depression in Ireland. Average people lived in tenaments in the city centre, which they loved and had generations of families in despite the buildings falling to bits. The government started relocating people to the suburbs to deal with that, which scared the piss out of them. They wrote songs like this imagining the terrible things which occured on the city limits.

[fionnzzer]

haha u spelt the dubliners wrong on the screen :)

[uponcloudnine]

so many good memories of this song - singing along in the car when i was little ... very sad lil story to the song

[marcusceltic]

I remember going on school trips when i was about 9 and the whole bus would sing this song for hours, the good aul days :)

[EmotionalPushkins]

Love this soooo much XD

[Aoifemrm]

only the Irish would sing about stabbing a baby! love the song tho =)

[mckendo83]

this is a weird version, i remember it ending with "dont stick knives in the babies heads"

[TheFacelessActivist]

@mckendo83

If you think that's a weird notion, then you might wanna consider theraphy.

[mckendo83]

@TheFacelessActivist the VERSION (not notion) I grew up listening to by the clancy brothers says dont stick knives in the babies heads...

[TheFacelessActivist]

@mckendo83

Don't take it so seriously, I'm just taking the piss.

[rojblake82]

@TheFacelessActivist This song is the most evil song I have ever heard it is depressing, and tosh.

[donning]

@mckendo83

Yeah - Clancy's version went ''she stuck the knife in the baby's head... the more she stuck the more it bled.''

[Thonolan]

I love this song. There is another Ronnie Drew version (with a children's chorus) that is even better. Also, the Clancy brothers did a version that I've never been able to find. If anyone has either version, I would greatly appreciate it if they could put it on youtube.

[SuckmyDucktele]

Dubliners from Baile Átha Cliath? Mb this is obvius if u look at the name but u never know, i dont hear the accent sound more like a Gaillimh accent

[bullyboy1863]

I'm from America, and i love Irish music.

[1999lions]

great song i'm only 10 and its my favourite song and i'm also from Dublin

[correl84]

fUCK TORY SCUM!!!

[correl84]

coz of the fuckin tory scum luks like wel b turnin to canibalism, well not on my watch. BNLA!!

[Pyschadelic60s]

haha i remember my dad singing this when i was little and being terrified!

[Mesmeridicus]

Love this song

[kosovecmatko1]

This song is brutal!

[Peacefulrunaway]

god, my dad used to singme this when i was a baby cause it was all that i wud sleep to, i stil lovethis x

[NoahArcheAngel]

i like this song :-)

[Cornicer1]

Awesome song!

[anatefcan13]

we have a similar, though seldomly-told story in new york (upstate), of an old poltergeist that roams the woodlands looking for children of 10 years.

and if she finds you, she tries to "take" you.

[DwnAszPunk]

oh my god, i'm frightened, hold me

[redalader]

I heard an american singing it with different words is that the one u r talkin about Spooky tho

[DCProductions2]

@anatefcan13 Do, post

[jennyhjennyh]

My granny sang this to me in the car coming home from the downings, terrified me so it did lol

[deckywalsh1]

LMAO

[Acidmoxy]

I love this song! she stuck that baby in the policmans heart! well, I like throwin that verse in there anyways.

[alialca]

me aunt taught me and me sisters this song when we were little....must be more than 30 years ago now....still love it now

[dairishkingofnewyork]

alialca same my aunt use 2 tell us the story!!

[ibidydo]

this was sung round my campfire lol in the middle of the woods. i dont knw how i slept after tht song

[irishbuy]

i was always told as a kid that the story was true

and i was told if i wonder on my own near the forest beside the river the women would get me lol

and i still dont go on my own lol

[irishbuy]

my granny use to sing this to as a kid lol

thanks

[boxplayer2]

my dad used to sing this to me when i was very young a bit faster though

[adameve01]

love this song!!! reminds me of when I was younger!

[camulonimbus]

i must say, this ones kinda weird, but i like it.

[honeyandgold]

hey where can I find this song to download?

[TheBushwaker]

on itunes or the interenet go on google then donwload

[Ogroovey]

classssss tune..

makes you proud to be irish :D

[mom3ontheedge]

i think that the young dubliners version is much better than this his voice just sounds like crap in this but i absolutely love this song!

[BringMeKhloe]

haha my mum and uncle sing this when theyr drunk

[SirCoughsalot]

You'd have to be made of stone not to like it! I love it! More!

The Moral of the story is/Weila Weila Waila/Don't stick knives in babby's heads/Down by the river Saila!

[peasmouldia]

You must have seen them live! That's the last verse as sung by Ronnie RIP.

[mizzredz04]

ha we used to play skipping to this as kids...good song

[beatlehop]

the best!!!!

[PCSCZ]

HA! I remember learning this as a kid!

[feradach]

Fantastic, I remember this song, When I was a child my ma sung it ! Thank you.

[suecilla]

Another childhood favourite! :)

[HabsburgLorraine]

Anyone got the lyrics?

[Schtiel666]

Google is your friend.

[66chrissy66]

weird loooked up it up

[Worydwen]

Décidément, j'aime de plus en plus The Dubliners !

[chili10]

Brilliant - this was one of my childhood favourites!

[daideluxe]

I love this song especialley when my gran sings it when she has drunken to much good wine ^^ nan i love u!! thanks for posting this the memories are great

[daisylooo]

This song is GREAT!!!, The old Irish grew up with these great family songs....As strange as it is its one our our Family's favorites.....keep the coming..!

[Guyptp12]

lol i love this song! great tune. Lyrics are sort of disturbing lol xD

[Proud2bIrish1916]

Great tune!