You Take the Hatchet and I'll Take the Saw

DESCRIPTION: "You take the hatchet and I'll take the saw, And we'll chop off the head of my mother-in-law."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: homicide | mother-in-law
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 104, "You take the hatchet and I'll take the saw" (1 short text)
Roud #25383
File: KSUC104D

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