Never Wed An Old Man
An old man came courting me, hey ding doorum dee,
An old man came courting me, me being young
An old man came courting me fain would he marry me
Maids when you're young never wed an old man
For he's got no faloorum, faliddle aye oorum
He's got no faloorum faliddle aye ay
He's got no faloorum, he's lost his ding doorum
Maids when you're young never wed an old man
When we went to church, hey ding doorum dee
When we went to church, me being young
When we went to church he left me in the lurch
Maids when you're young never wed an old man
For he's got ...
When we went to bed, hey ding doorum dee
When we went to bed, me being young
When we went to bed he lay like he was dead
Maids when you're young never wed an old man
For he's got ...
When he went to sleep, hey ding doorum dee
When he went to sleep, me being young
When he went to sleep out of bed I did creep
Into the arms of a handsome young man
Because he's got hi faloorum faliddle aye oorum
He's got his faloorum faliddle aye ay
He's got his faloorum I've lost my ding doorum
Maids when you're young never wed an old man
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