Misc Traditional – Maids When Youre Young (Guitar)

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An old man came courting me, hey ding doorum dah

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An old man came courting me, me being young,

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An old man came courting me, all for his wife to be

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Maids when you’re young never wed an old man.

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For he’s got no faloorum, fal-liddy-i-oorum

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He’s got no faloorum fal-diddy di day

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He’s got no fal oorum he’s lost his ding doorum

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Maids when you’re young never wed an old man.

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When we went to church hey ding doorum dah

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When we went to church, me being young

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When we went to church, he left me in the lurch

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Maids when you’re young never wed an old man.

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When we went to bed hey ding doorum dah

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When we went to bed me being young

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When we went to bed, he lay like he was dead,

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Maids when you’re young never wed an old man.

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So I threw me leg over him, hey ding doorum dah

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I flung me leg over him, me being young

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I flung me leg over him damned nearly smothered him

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Maids when you’re young never wed an old man.

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When he went to sleep, hey ding doorum dah

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When he went to sleep, me being young

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When he went to sleep, out bed I did creep

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Into the arms of a handsome young man.

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And I found his faloorum, fal-liddy-i-oorum

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I found his faloorum, fal-diddy di day

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I found his faloorum, he got my ding doorum, now

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Maids when you’re young never wed an old man.

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A young man is my delight, hey ding doorum dah

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A young man is my delight, me being young

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A young man is my delight; he’ll kiss you day and night

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Maids when you’re young never wed an old man.