Lyrics
(Folk song)
As I was walking down Wexford Street,
My father’s house I chanced to meet.
My aged father stood in the door,
And my sister stood on the floor.
While my tender mother, her hair she tore.
See also
- Subject: family
- Harmony: one chord
- Melody: low do & high do
- Meter: 6/8
- Source: The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, Harcout Brace and Company, 1927
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
