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Thread #27724 Message #3736640
Posted By: Steve Gardham
10-Sep-15 - 01:34 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Down the Dark Alley / Down the Back Alley
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Down the Dark Alley
The tune I knew was very close to that sung in the folk clubs as 'Maids when you're young never wed an old man' which also has a similar structure.
There are lots of versions (Roud 210)
Here's the first verse of the version in Marrow Bones.
An old man came courting me Heigh down derry down An old man came courting me Heigh derry down An old man came courting me All for to ruin me Girls, for your sake never wed an old man.