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The River Saile
"The River Saile" (known also as "Weile Waile") is a children's nursery rhyme from Ireland.〔Child p218〕 This type of song is also known as a murder ballad or Child ballad, named for Francis James Child who was the first person to catalogue them before his death in 1896.〔Child p218〕 The ballad was popularized by Irish folk band The Dubliners.
==Lyrics==
There are many variations on the lyrics but this is the version popularized by The Dubliners. Even they changed the lyrics and the mention of the Special Branch detective was added during the 1970s when the Special Branch of the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force, were used for matters of national security. Previously, that line read "There were two policemen and a man, ()" suggesting two uniformed officers and an investigating detective.
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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