Ninety Years Old Wayne Dinwiddie Visalia FSA Camp 8-14-41
As I was out walking down by the seashore I spied a young lady she sure did look grand Ribbons and laces, her hair shone like gold She appeared to be eighteen or nineteen years old
Now when we were married I thought I would faint She raked from her pale cheeks a full box of paint When out on the carpet her glass eye did roll She appeared to be eighty or ninety years old
I counted her fingers, I could only count three She unscrewed her cork legs both at the knee Took off her false wig, her bald knob it shone I found I'd married an old lady 'bout ninety years old
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She Appeared To Be Eighteen Or Nineteen Years Old
As I was out walking down by the seashore I met a fair maiden she sure did look grand Her lace and her diamonds and her hair shone like gold She appeared to be eighteen or nineteen years old
Her fingers they jingled like bells on a door Her nose was turned up but not very much more When we were married the wedding bells told I have married a young lady just nineteen years old
When we were married and retired for our rest My love changed for her why you can guess For a box full of powders my love did unfold She appeared to be eighteen or nineteen years old
She raked from her pale cheeks a box full of paint When she took out her false teeth I thought I would faint Out upon the carpet her glass eye did roll She appeared to be eighteen or nineteen years old
She unsnapped her fingers I counted just three Then she unscrewed both cork legs up to her knees When she took off her false wig her old bald head told I had married an old lady about ninety years old