The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2839   Message #12752
Posted By: Shula
21-Sep-97 - 12:35 PM
Thread Name: straight & sober song circle
Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL
This is the version of "The Bad Girl" I learned; don't recall the source; sorry:

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL

When I was a young girl,
I used to seek pleasure.
When I was a young girl,
I used to drink ale:
Out of the alehouse,
And into the jailhouse;
My body is ruined,
And I'm bound to die.

Send for the preacher,
To come and pray for me.
Send for the doctor,
To heal up my sores.
My poor head is achin'
My sad heart is breakin'
My body is ruined,
And I'm bound to die.

Get six fancy ladies
To bear up my coffin.
Get six fancy ladies
To sing me a song.
Let each of them carry
A bunch of wild roses,
To lay on my coffin
As they pass along.

When I was a young girl,
I used to seek pleasure.
When I was a young girl,
I used to drink ale:
Out of the alehouse,
And into the jailhouse;
My body is ruined,
And I'm bound to die.

Shula