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“There Was a Woman All Skin and Bone” Song with MP3

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

I’ve been discussing the origin of the phrase “The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out”.

Yesterday, I posted the old nursery rhyme “There Was a Woman All Skin and Bone”, which contains the phrase.

Here’s another version of There Was a Woman All Skin and Bone, this one a song, (sung by me!). In this case the phrase is “The grubs crawled in, the grubs crawled out”. How and when it changed is a bit of a mystery.

MP3 of There Was a Woman All Skin and Bone

There Was a Woman All Skin and Bone

There was a woman all skin and bone
Oo-oo-oo!
Who lived in a cottage all on her own,
Oo-oo-oo!

She thought she’d go to church one day
Oo-oo-oo!
To hear the parson preach and pray,
Oo-oo-oo!

When she got to the wooden stile
Oo-oo-oo!
She thought she’d stay and rest a while
Oo-oo-oo!

When she reached the old church door
Oo-oo-oo!
A ghastly ghost lay on the floor,
Oo-oo-oo!

The grubs crawled in, the grubs crawled out,
Oo-oo-oo!
Of its ears, eyes, nose, and mouth.
Oo-oo-oo!

Oh you ghastly ghost, she said,
Oo-oo-oo!
Shall I be like you when I am dead ?
YES!

If anyone out there sings it differently, and would like to send other lyrics or a different rendition, I’d be happy to post it.

Happy Halloween Everybody!

Lisa

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