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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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