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Forget​-​me​-​nots / Weile weile waile

from Irish Goodbye by Rachel Hillary

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A very special cheeky interpretation of a song I wrote called 'Forget-me-nots' and an old irish folk song my dad always sung to us growing up, about a woman who stabs a baby in the head, yes really.

This is a live recording from a gig for Sofar sounds Manchester, Rachel Hillary, Amy Clarkson and Joe Nathan-Wilson

You can watch the video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=V72u37Et6w0 (it was on the hottest night of the year but they wouldn't let us get completely naked)

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Here are the original lyrics....

There was an old woman and she lived in the woods, weile weile waile.
There was an old woman and she lived in the woods, down by the river Saile.

She had a baby three months old, weile weile waile.
She had a baby three months old, down by the river Saile.

She had a penknife, long and sharp, weile weile waile.
She had a penknife, long and sharp, down by the river Saile.

She stuck the penknife in the baby’s heart, weile weile waile.
She stuck the penknife in the baby’s heart, down by the river Saile.

There were three loud knocks come a’knocking on the door, weile weile waile.
There were three loud knocks come a’knocking on the door, down by the river Saile.

There were two policemen and a Special Branch man, weile weile waile.
There were two policemen and a Special Branch man, down by the river Saile.

They took her away and they put her in the jail, weile weile waile.
They took her away and they put her in the jail, down by the river Saile.

They put a rope around her neck, weile weile waile.
They put a rope around her neck, down by the river Saile.

They pulled the rope and she got hung, weile weile waile.
They pulled the rope and she got hung, down by the river Saile.

And that was the end of the woman in the woods, weile weile waile.
And that was the end of the baby too, down by the river Saile.

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from Irish Goodbye, released March 16, 2013

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