Weile Waile 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 pen-knife long and sharp, weile, weile, waile; She had a pen-knife long and sharp, down by the river Saile. She stuck the pen-knife in the baby's heart, weile, weile, waile; She stuck the pen-knife in the baby's heart, down by the river Saile. Three policemen came knocking at the door, weile, weile, waile; Three policemen came knocking at the door, 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 was hung, weile, weile, waile; They pulled the rope and she was hung, down by the river Saile. And that was the end of the woman from the woods, weile, weile, waile; And that was the end of the baby, too, down by the river Saile.

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