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13 Aug 08 - 09:38 AM (#2412445) Subject: Lyr Add: MAIDS WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG NEVER WED AN OLD From: Mr Happy in the DT version of MAIDS WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG NEVER WED AN OLD MAN, a verse is omitted. Here's the full version I'm familiar with: MAIDS WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG NEVER WED AN OLD MAN Well an old man came courting me, hey ding doorum dah An old man came courting me, me being young An old man came courting me, saying could he marry me Maids when you're young never wed an old man For he's got no faloorum, falliddle ay oorum For he's got no faloorum, falliddle ol day He's got no faloorum, he's lost his ding doorum So maids when you're young, never wed an old man Now when we went to the church, hey ding doorum dah When we went to the church, me being young When we went to the church, he left me in the lurch Maids when you're young, never wed an old man Now when we went to our bed, hey ding doorum dah Now when we went to our bed, me being young When we went to our bed, he neither done nor said Maids when you're young never wed an old man Well I flung me leg over him, hey ding doorum dah Well I flung me leg over him, me being young Well I flung me leg over him, damn well near smothered him Maids when you're young never wed an old man Now when he went to sleep, hey ding doorum dah Now when we went to sleep, me being young When we went to sleep, out of bed I did creep Into the arms of a handsome young man And I found his faloorum, falliddle ay oorum I found his faloorum, falliddle ol day I found his faloorum, he got my dingdoorum So maids when you're young never wed an old man |
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13 Aug 08 - 09:43 AM (#2412451) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Maids/Old Man: Missing verse From: Mr Happy .........& here's the late, great Luke Kelly singing it: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nj4Jy-NxJ7c |
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13 Aug 08 - 01:14 PM (#2412633) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Maids/Old Man: Missing verse From: Jack Campin Or you could try an alternative ending (originally written by Julian Flood and posted to uk.music.folk, slightly adapted by me): So off to the doctor go, hey ding a dorrity, Off to the doctor go, me being young; Off to the doctor go, tell him your tale of woe, Maids when you're young, never wed an old man. Now he's got Viagra, hey ding a dorrity, He's got Viagra, me being young; When he takes Viag-a-ra he comes like Niagara, Maids when you're you CAN wed an old man. |
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10 Nov 18 - 10:48 AM (#3961087) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Maids/Old Man: Missing verse From: SuperDave Additional verses (omitting the "nonsense" syllables: He said he was wealthy, and felt strong and healthy He promised he'd give to me, jewels and finery It's when we were married, I wished I had tarried Now all you young brides to be, heed my advice to thee |