[00:02.747](Piano Intro) [00:08.543]About a maid I'll sing a song, sing rikkity tikkity tin, [00:12.952]About a maid I'll sing a song, [00:15.229]Who didn't have her family long, [00:18.072]Not only did she do them wrong, [00:21.617]She did every one of them in, them in, [00:25.445]She did every one of them in. [00:29.125]One morning in a fit of pique, [00:33.667]One morning in a fit of pique, [00:35.794]She drowned her father in the creek, [00:38.303]The water tasted bad for a week, [00:42.006]And we had to make do with Gin, with Gin, [00:45.830]We had to make do with Gin. [00:49.445]Her mother she could never stand, [00:53.945]Her mother she could never stand, [00:56.231]And so a cyanide soup she planned, [00:59.309]The mother died with a spoon in her hand, [01:03.303]And her face in a hideous grin, a grin, [01:07.548]Her face in a hideous grin. [01:11.105]She set her sister's hair on fire, [01:15.548]She set her sister's hair on fire, [01:17.840]And as the smoke and flame rose higher, [01:20.460]Danced around the funeral pyre, [01:24.224]Playing a violin, -olin, [01:27.823]Playing a violin. [01:30.043](This verse faster) [01:31.267]She weighted her brother down with stones, [01:34.722]She weighted her brother down with stones, [01:36.634]And sent him off to Davy Jones, [01:38.711]All they ever found were some bones, [01:42.565]And occasional pieces of skin, of skin, [01:47.364]Occasional pieces of skin. [01:50.915]One day when she had nothing to do, [01:55.104]One day when she had nothing to do, [01:57.522]She cut her baby brother in two, [01:59.759]And served him up as an Irish Stew, [02:03.560]And invited the neighbours in, -bours in, [02:06.993]Invited the neighbours in. [02:11.623]And when at last the police came by, [02:15.983]And when at last the police came by, [02:18.249]Her little pranks she did not deny, [02:21.299]To do so she would have had to lie, [02:24.793]And lying she knew was a sin, a sin, [02:28.505]Lying she knew was a sin. [02:31.767](This verse faster) [02:34.206]My tragic tale I won't prolong, [02:38.600]My tragic tale I won't prolong, [02:40.849]And if you do not enjoy my song, [02:43.998]You've yourselves to blame if it's too long, [02:48.280]You should never have let me begin, begin, [02:51.767]You should never have let me begin. [02:55.799]