Steeleye Span - Marrowbones lyrics

There was a woman in our town and in our town did dwell She loved her husband dearly but another man twice as well And sing Folder oh la la la ... She went down to the doctor to see if she could find Anything in the whole world to make her old man blind And sing Folder oh la la la ... Oh take him sixteen marrowbones and make him eat them all And when he's finished he'll be so blind that he won't see you at all And sing Folder oh la la la ... So the doctor he wrote a letter and he sealed it with his hand And he sent it up to the old man to make him understand And sing Folder oh la la la ... But the old man being a crafty bugger, he knew it all before He ate them up and he says: 'Me dear, I can't see you at all' And sing Folder oh la la la ... Says he: 'I'll go to the river and there meself I'll drown' Says she: 'I'll walk along with you to see that you don't fall down' And sing Folder oh la la la ... They walked along together till they come to the river's brim So gently there she's kissed him and she crept away behind And sing Folder oh la la la ... She ran and she ran behind him to try to push him in But the old man heard and he jumped aside and she went tumbling in And sing Folder oh la la la ... So loudly she did holler and loud for mercy call But the old man says: 'I am so blind, I can't see you at all' And sing Folder oh la la la ... She swam and she swam and she swam around till she came to the further brim But the old man got the barge pole and he pushed her further in And sing Folder oh la la la ... Oh it may take sixteen marrowbones to make your old man blind But if you want to murder him you must creep up close behind And sing Folder oh la la la ...