Chords for The Dubliners - Wecha Wailia
Tempo:
85.075 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] This next song is a song sung by children [A] in Dublin.
If you listen very carefully to the words of it, you get some idea of the kind of children we have in Dublin.
Ah, there was an old woman and she lived in the wood.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] There was an old woman and she lived in the wood.
Down by the river saw [A]-yah.
Well, she had a baby three months along.
Wee-yah, [A] wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
She had a baby three months along.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
Well, she had a pen knife full of match-yah.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
She had a pen knife full of match-yah.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
Then she snuffed a pen knife in the baby's hand.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] Snuffed a pen knife in the baby's [E] hand.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
There were three little old mums, one little girl and two more.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
Three little mums, one little girl and two more.
[B] Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
There were two policemen and a special blanchman.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] Two policemen and a special blanchman.
Down by the river saw [A]-yah.
So they put their rope around her neck.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
Put their rope around her neck.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
Then they pulled their rope and she got hung.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E]
Pulled their rope and she got hung.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
Well, that was the end of the woman in the wood.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
And that was the end of the baby too.
Down by the river [B] saw [A]-yah.
[N]
If you listen very carefully to the words of it, you get some idea of the kind of children we have in Dublin.
Ah, there was an old woman and she lived in the wood.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] There was an old woman and she lived in the wood.
Down by the river saw [A]-yah.
Well, she had a baby three months along.
Wee-yah, [A] wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
She had a baby three months along.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
Well, she had a pen knife full of match-yah.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
She had a pen knife full of match-yah.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
Then she snuffed a pen knife in the baby's hand.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] Snuffed a pen knife in the baby's [E] hand.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
There were three little old mums, one little girl and two more.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
Three little mums, one little girl and two more.
[B] Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
There were two policemen and a special blanchman.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] Two policemen and a special blanchman.
Down by the river saw [A]-yah.
So they put their rope around her neck.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
Put their rope around her neck.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
Then they pulled their rope and she got hung.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E]
Pulled their rope and she got hung.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
Well, that was the end of the woman in the wood.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
And that was the end of the baby too.
Down by the river [B] saw [A]-yah.
[N]
Key:
A
E
B
Em
A
E
B
Em
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] This next song is a song sung by children [A] in Dublin.
If you listen very carefully to the words of it, you get some idea of the kind of children we have in Dublin.
Ah, there was an old woman and she lived in the wood.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] There was an old woman and she lived in the wood.
Down by the river saw [A]-yah.
_ Well, she had a baby three months along.
Wee-yah, [A] wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
She had a baby three months along.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah. _
Well, she had a pen knife full of match-yah.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
She had a pen knife full of match-yah.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
_ Then she snuffed a pen knife in the baby's hand.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] Snuffed a pen knife in the baby's [E] hand.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
_ There were three little old mums, one little girl and two more.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
Three little mums, one little girl and two more.
[B] Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
There were two policemen and a special blanchman.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] Two policemen and a special blanchman.
Down by the river saw [A]-yah.
_ So they put their rope around her neck.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
Put their rope around her neck.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
_ Then they pulled their rope and she got hung.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E]
Pulled their rope and she got hung.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah. _
Well, that was the end of the woman in the wood.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
And that was the end of the baby too.
Down by _ the river [B] saw _ [A]-yah. _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
If you listen very carefully to the words of it, you get some idea of the kind of children we have in Dublin.
Ah, there was an old woman and she lived in the wood.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] There was an old woman and she lived in the wood.
Down by the river saw [A]-yah.
_ Well, she had a baby three months along.
Wee-yah, [A] wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
She had a baby three months along.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah. _
Well, she had a pen knife full of match-yah.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
She had a pen knife full of match-yah.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
_ Then she snuffed a pen knife in the baby's hand.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] Snuffed a pen knife in the baby's [E] hand.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
_ There were three little old mums, one little girl and two more.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
Three little mums, one little girl and two more.
[B] Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
There were two policemen and a special blanchman.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E] Two policemen and a special blanchman.
Down by the river saw [A]-yah.
_ So they put their rope around her neck.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
Put their rope around her neck.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah.
_ Then they pulled their rope and she got hung.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah-yah.
[E]
Pulled their rope and she got hung.
Down by the river [A] saw-yah. _
Well, that was the end of the woman in the wood.
Wee-yah, wee-yah, wah [E]-yah.
And that was the end of the baby too.
Down by _ the river [B] saw _ [A]-yah. _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _