Author: Cruachan

Cited by

• Hannah Kent (1)
  • IN: The Good People (2016) Fiction, Australian
    EPIGRAPH: 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; Three hard knocks came knocking at the door Weile, weile, waile Three hard knocks came knocking at the door Down by the river Saile; 'Are you the woman that killed the child?' weile weile weile 'Are you the woman that killed the child?' down by the river Saile?' The rop was pulled and she got hung, weile weile weile. The rope was pulled and she got hung down by the river Saile. And that was the end of the woman in the woods, weile weile weile. And that was the end of the woman in the woods down by the river Saile.
    FROM: The Old Woman in the Woods, (2006), Song, Ireland