Another ?-able song

After the recent discussion about appropriate songs, I wondered about
one I learned at camp. Here are the words (can't equate the tune to
anything, just sounds Irish):

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Wee Willie lost his marley,
Wee Willie lost his marley,
Wee Willie lo-o-o-o-o-st his marley,
Down by the old mill road.

[each verse repeats the first line like the above, then ends with
"Down by the old mill road." Following are the rest of the first
lines.]

He lost it down a grating'...

So he went an' got a big stick...

And he rammed it down the gratin'...

But he didn't get his marley...

So he went and got a wiener dog...

And he rammed it down the gratin'...

But he didn't get his marley...

So he went and got his grandma...

And he rammed her down the gratin'...

But he didn't get his marley...

So he went an' got some dynamite...

And he blew up half of Belfast...

But he didn't get his marley...

It was in his trouser pocket!...
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BTW, a marley is a marble and a gratin', well, is a gratin' over a
storm pipe. I've suspected this was a little bothersome to grandma's
and dog lovers, as well as to some factions in North Ireland, probably.
What do you all think?

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