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From: A
Faire To Remember
words and music by Tom Lehrer
About
a maid I'll sing this song sing rickety tickety tin
... who did not have her
family long
Not only did she do them wrong.
She did everyone of them
in.
Them in. She did every one of them in
One
morning in a fit of pique sing rickety tickety tin
... 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
... 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 sisters hair on fire sing rickety tickety tin
... and as the smoke
and flame grew higher
Danced around the funeral pyre
Playing a violin
O-lin. Playing a violin
She
tied her brother down with stones sing rickety tickety tin
... and sent him
off to Davy Jones
All they ever found were the bones
And occassional pieces
of skin
Of skin. Occassional pieces of skin
One
day she had nothing to do sing rickety tickety tin
... she cut her baby brother
in two
Served him up in an Irish stew
And invited the neighbors in
-Bors in. Invited the neighbors in.
When
at last the police came by sing rickety tickety tin
... these terrible deeds
she did not deny
To do so she would have to lie
And lying she knew was
a sin
A sin. Lying she knew was a sin
ADDITIONAL
VERSE
[Just one last thing before I go sing rickety tickery tin
... there
is something I think you ought to know
They had no proof so they let her go
And they say she was tall and thin
And thin. They say she was tall and thin.]
My
tragic
tale I won't prolong sing rickety tickety tin
... and if you did
not enjoy this song
You've yourself to blame for letting me go on
You
should never have let me begin
Begin. You should never have let me begin!
verse:
Dm
Dm Gm Dm
Gm Dm C
Dm Gm Dm Gm
chorus:
Dm C Dm C
Dm C Dm
Background: Irish Ballad by Tom Lehrer is a comically gruesome song about a girl kills her entire family on a whim. Then casually admits it to the police because lying is a sin.
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