Cod-Liver Oil / Coolies
Waxies Dargle Lyrics

I'm a young married man and I'm tired of me life
As a young married man, I'm drained and fed up with my current state of being.

For lately I married an ailing young wife,
Recently, I tied the knot with a young woman who is chronically ill.

She does nothing all day, only sits down and sigh
My wife spends her entire day sitting down and sighing, without taking any action.

Saying I wish to the lord that I only could die.
She expresses a wish to die instead of suffering from an incurable illness.

Oh doctor, dear doctor, oh doctor De'Jung
The artist is addressing Dr. De'Jung, a physician.

Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong
The singer compliments Dr. De'Jung on the quality and potency of his cod liver oil.

I'm afraid of me life, I'll go down in the soil
The singer is concerned that continued consumption of Dr. De'Jung's cod liver oil will hasten his demise.

If me wife don't stop drinking your cod liver oil.
He appeals to Dr. De'Jung to persuade his wife to stop drinking the cod liver oil.

Till a friend of me own came to see me one day
One of his acquaintances paid him a visit.

And he told me my wife was just pining away
The acquaintance informed him that his wife was merely wasting away.

But he afterwards told me that she would get strong
Later, the acquaintance confided that the wife would recover if she consumed Dr. De'Jung's cod liver oil.

If I buy her a bottle from Dr. De'Jung.
The acquaintance suggested that buying a bottle of cod liver oil from Dr. De'Jung would heal the artist's wife.

So I bought her a bottle, t'was just for to try
As per his acquaintance's suggestion, the singer bought a bottle of cod liver oil to test it out.

And the way that she scoffed it you'd swear she was dry
The singer's wife consumed the oil frantically, as if she were thirsty.

I bought her another, it went just the same
After observing his wife's positive response to the first bottle, the singer bought another bottle of cod liver oil, which was also consumed in the same way.

Till I owned she's got cod liver oil on the brain.
It dawned on the artist that his wife was obsessed with the cod liver oil and consumed it excessively.

Me house it resembles a big doctor's shop
The artist's house looks like a medical store, cluttered with bottles of different medicines.

With bottles and bottles from bottom to top
The house is full of bottles of different shapes and sizes.

And when in the morning the kettle do boil
The singer hears the sound of boiling water in the morning.

You'd swear it was singing out cod liver oil.
The sound of boiling kettle makes it seem as if it's generating cod liver oil.

If me wife don't stop drinking your cod liver oil.
The artist ends the song by hoping that his wife will quit drinking the cod liver oil to save both their lives.