GET AWAY, OLD MAN, GET AWAY
(Frank Crumit)
As recorded by Vernon Dalhart, 1927.

1. Now listen all you maidens about to choose a man:
Don't take one who is ancient; get a young one if you can.

CHORUS: For an old man he is old, for an old man he is gray,
But a young man's heart is full of love; get away, old man, get away.

2. If you marry an old man, now list to what I say,
You're sure to meet a young man who will steal your heart away. CHORUS

3. Be sure to get a young man with a red and rosy cheek.
Don't get a man with a cane in his hand whose back is very weak. CHORUS

4. I'd rather marry a young man with his pockets lined with silk
Than to marry an old man with a hundred cows to milk. CHORUS

5. I'd sooner marry a young man with an apple in his hand
Than to marry an old man with a hundred acres o' land. CHORUS

6. Don't ever marry an old man and here's the reason why:
His lips are all tobacco juice, and his chin is never dry. CHORUS

Get away, get away, get away.
Get away, get away, get away.
Shoo, fly; don't bother me.
Shoo, fly; don't bother me.
Get away, old man, get away.