Maids, when you’re young

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1. An old man came courting me, hey ding doorum down,

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an old man came courting me, me being young,

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an old man came courting me, fain would he marry me,

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maids, when you`re young, never wed an old man.

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For he`s got no faloorum faliddle aye oorum,

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he`s got no faloorum faliddle aye ay,

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he`s got no faloorum, he`s lost his ding doorum,

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so maids, when you`re young, never wed an old man.

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2. When we went to church, hey ding doorum down,

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when we went to church, me being young,

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

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maids, when you`re young, never wed an old man.

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3. When we went to bed, hey ding doorum down,

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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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4. But when he went to sleep, hey ding, doorum down,

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but when he went to sleep, me being young,

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but when he went to sleep, out of bed I did creep,

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into the arms of a handsome young man.

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And he`s got his faloorum faliddle aye oorum,

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he`s got his faloorum, faliddle aye ay,

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he`s got his faloorum, I`ve lost my ding doorum,

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so maids, when you`re young, never wed an old man.