X:210
T:Sorry The Day I Was Married
R:
song
H:See also slip jig#32 "Caitlín Ní Aedha" / "Ellen O'Grady"
D:Johnstons: The Barley Corn
O:England
Z:id:hn-song-210
M:9/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=70
K:Emix
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W:Sorry the day I was married, and sorry the day I was wed
W:And it's oh, if I only had tarried, when I to the altar was led.
W:
W:Young William sure there's no pleasing, for let women do what they can
W:It's always your heart he'll be teasing, for that is the way of a man.
W:
W:When I was a young girl I was merry, had silks and fine jewels to wear
W:Red were my cheeks as a berry, my heart it was free from all care.
W:
W:Silks now I have none for me wearing, my jewels have all gone away
W:And surely this life there's no bearing, I'm pale as a primrose today.
W:
W:So think pretty maids ere you marry, stand fast by your sweet liberty
W:As long as you can you must tarry, and not be lamenting like me.
W:
W:For it's sorry the day I was married, and sorry the day I was wed
W:And it's oh, if I only had tarried, when I to the altar was led.