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|  Tippin' it up to Nancy (trad.) oh there's been a woman in our town a woman you quite know well she dearly loved her husband and another man twice as well with me right finnick-in-eer-i-o me tip finnick-a-wall with me right finnich-nary-o wešre tippin' it up to nancy she went down to the chemist shop some remedies for to buy 'have you anything in your chemist shop to make me old man blind?' with me right finnick-in-eer-i-o me tip finnick-a-wall with me right finnich-nary-o we're tippin' it up to nancy 'give him eggs and marrowbones and make him suck them all before he has the last one sucked he won't see you at all' with me right finnick-in-eer-i-o me tip finnick-a-wall with me right finnich-nary-o we're tippin' it up to nancy she gave him eggs and marrowbones and made him suck them all before he had the last one sucked he couldn't see her at all with me right finnick-in-eer-i-o me tip finnick-a-wall with me right finnich-nary-o we're tippin' it up to nancy 'if in this world i cannot see then here i cannot stay i'd rather go and drown myself' 'come on,' says she 'and i'll show you the way' with me right finnick-in-eer-i-o me tip finnick-a-wall with me right finnich-nary-o we're tippin' it up to nancy she led him to the river and she led him to the brim but sly enough of martin it was him that shoved her in with me right finnick-in-eer-i-o me tip finnick-a-wall with me right finnich-nary-o we're tippin' it up to nancy she swam through the river and she swam through the brine 'oh martin, dear martin, don't you leave me behind..' 'shutup ye silly aul fool, ye know poor martin is blind' with me right finnick-in-eer-i-o me tip finnick-a-wall with me right finnich-nary-o we're tippin' it up to nancy there's nine in me family and none of em is me own i wish that each and every man would come and claim his own with me right finnick-in-eer-i-o me tip finnick-a-wall with me right finnich-nary-o we're tippin' it up to nancy. back to Lyrics menu |
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