Irish Ballad.wmv

About a maid I'll sing a song,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
About a maid I'll sing a song
Who didn't have her family long.
Not only did she do them wrong,
She did ev'ryone of them in, them in,
She did ev'ryone of them in.

One morning in a fit of pique,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
One morning in a fit of pique,
She drowned her father in the creek.
The water tasted bad for a week,
And we had to make do with gin, with gin,
We had to make do with gin.

Her mother she could never stand,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
Her mother she cold never stand,
And so a cyanide soup she planned.
The mother died with a spoon in her hand,
And her face in a hideous grin, a grin,
Her face in a hideous grin.

She set her sister's hair on fire,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
She set her sister's hair on fire,
And as the smoke and flame rose high'r,
Danced around the funeral pyre,
Playin' a violin, -olin,
Playin' a violin.

She weighted her brother down with stones,
Rickety-tickety-tin,
She weighted her brother down with stones,
And sent him off to davy jones.
All they ever found were some bones,
And occasional pieces of skin, of skin,
Occasional pieces of skin.

One day when she had nothing to do,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
One day when she had nothing to do,
She cut her baby brother in two,
And served him up as an irish stew,
And invited the neighbors in, -bors in,
Invited the neighbors in.

And when at last the police came by,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
And when at last the police came by,
Her little pranks she did not deny,
To do so she would have had to lie,
And lying, she knew, was a sin, a sin,
Lying, she knew, was a sin.

My tragic tale, I won't prolong,
Rickety-tickety-tin,
My tragic tale I won't prolong,
And if you do not enjoy the song,
You've yourselves to blame if it's too long,
You should never have let me begin, begin,
You should never have let me begin.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Tom
• Lehrer
• Irish
• Ballad

[awsmninja]

lol my dad showed me this and now im fighting to memorize it XDDD

[slayerowns666]

@awsmninja

Same for me actually... My dad showed me Tom Lehrer when I was seven, I learned the song on guitar and now I busk with it.

[swordmasterE331]

"and we had to make do with gin :(" xD

[Fallenemiko]

@slayerowns666

Same here (but i think i was five)

Oh the crazy things parents do =_=;;

[oscarsdotter]

Can't drink gin while listening to this one, might choke owing to all the laughter!



[10chiyoko10]

whoa i love this song! i used to sing this as a kid and scared the crap out of my teachers and class mates!

[KikiOfTheFourWinds]

My mother used to sing this song to me when I was a child.

[Cephalopedia]

This is terrifying! D:

[awsmninja]

@slayerowns666 epic win dude, epic win XD

[Spmarine132]

;D :D :D LOL good song

[SacredSobek]

Such a fantastic song. It's amazing.