Historical Folk Lyrics
"The Rich Old Lady"

There was an old woman in our town,
In our town did dwell,
She loved her husband dearly
And another quite as well.
To my fol the dol ay,
Fol the dol ay,
Fol the dol diddle I-dee.

She went to the doctor,
To the doctor for to find,
If he'd got any medicine
To turn her husband blind.

She brought six dozen maribones,
She made him suck them all.
But now I've got the last one suck
I can't see you at all.

This old man said he would drown himself,
He did not know the way.
So come, my dear old husband,
And I'll show you the way.

'Twas hand in hand together
Down by the riverside.
This old man stepped to one side
And in she fell aright.

This old woman she struggled about
To see if she could swim.
This old man took a long stick
And pushed her· farther in.