X:138
T:Maids When You're Young
T:Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man
R:song
H:See also #137
D:The Dubliners
Z:id:hn-song-138
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=160
K:G
G2 | G2 G2 G2 | G2 D2 G2 | B4 B2 | A2 F2 D2- | D4
D2 | D2 G2 G2 | G2 D2 G2 | B3 A G2 | d6- | d4
d2 | d2 B2 d2 | c2 B2 A2 | B3 A G2 | A3 F D2 |
G2 G2 G2 | E4 EE | D3 E F2 | G6- | G3 ||
BAB | G2 G3 G | G2 D2 B2 | B B3 B2 | A2 F3
G | G2 G3 G | G2 D2 B2 | B A3 G2 | d4
d2 | d2 d3 B | c2 B2 A2 | B2 A2 G2 | A2 F4 |
G2 G2 G2 | E4 EE | D3 E F2 | G4 ||
W:An old man came courting me, hey ding doo rum dah,
W:An old man came courting me, me being young,
W:An old man came courting me, fain would he marry me,
W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man!
W:
W:Chorus:
W:Because he's got no fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle aye oorum,
W:He's got no fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle all day.
W:He's got no fal-loo-rum, he's lost his ding-doo-rum,
W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man!
W:
W:When we went to church, hey ding doo rum dah,
W:When we went to church, me being young,
W:When we went to church, he left me in the lurch,
W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man!
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:When we went to bed, hey ding doo rum dah,
W:When we went to bed, me being young,
W:When we went to bed, he lay like he was dead,
W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man!
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:So I threw me leg over him, hey ding doo rum dah,
W:I flung me leg over him, me being young,
W:I threw me leg over him, damned well near smothered him,
W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man!
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:When he went to sleep, hey ding doo rum dah,
W:When he went to sleep, me being young,
W:When he went to sleep, out of bed I did creep,
W:Into the arms of a handsome young man!
W:
W:Last chorus:
W:And I found his fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle aye oorum,
W:I found his fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle all day,
W:I found his fal-loo-rum, he got my ding-doo-rum, now
W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man!