Lyrics
YOU’RE A TART YOU’RE A HARLOT
Gary O’Driscoll © 2026
CHAPEAU ROUGE MUSIC (SOCAN)
[Chorus]
You’re a tart, you’re a harlot
You are nothing but a whore
You must do your penance
You’ll stay with us, that’s for sure
These stone walls your purgatory
You’ll be sleeping by the door
You must wash away your sins
In our laundry ever more
[Verse 1] [Spoken]
Dear Magdalen - they named you right
We must keep you out of sight
You’re not wanted, don’t you see
Even in your own community
When that little bastard it is born
We’ll make sure your hair is shorn
You’ll live with the other girls
You’ll never see the outside world
[Chorus]
You’re a tart, you’re a harlot
You are nothing but a whore
You must do your penance
You’ll stay with us, that’s for sure
These stone walls your purgatory
You’ll be sleeping by the door
You must wash away your sins
In our laundry ever more
[Chant]
Scrub Scrub - Rubba Dub Dub
Scrub Scrub - Hands in the tub
Scrub Scrub - Rubba Dub Dub
You will never leave us.