Maids, When You’re Young,

Never Wed An Old Man

An old man came courting me, hey ding dorum down

An old man came courting me, me being young

An old man came courting me, said he would marry me

Maids, When You’re Young, Never Wed An Old Man

Chorus

  For he’s got no falorum, fi diddle I orum

He’s got no falorum, fi diddle I ay

He’s got no falorum, he’s lost his ding dorum

Maids, When You’re Young, Never Wed An Old Man

Chorus

And when we went to church, hey ding dorum down

And when we went to church, me being young

And when we went to church, he left me in the lurch

Maids, When You’re Young, Never Wed An Old Man

Chorus

And when we went to bed, hey ding dorum down

And when we went to bed, me being young

And when we went to bed, he lay there as if dead

Maids, When You’re Young, Never Wed An Old Man

Chorus

She threw her leg over me, hey ding dorum down

She threw her leg over me, me being young

She threw her leg over me damn nearly smothered me

Maids, When You’re Young, Never Wed An Old Man

Chorus

And when we went to sleep, hey ding dorum down

And when we went to sleep, me being young

And when we went to sleep, out of bed I did creep

Into the arms of a lusty young man

For he’s got falorum, fi diddle I orum

He’s got falorum, fi diddle I ay

He’s got falorum, he’s found my ding dorum

Maids, When You’re Young, Never Wed An Old Man