Maids, When You're Young, Never Wed an Old Man         SONG


An old man came courting me,
         Hey doo-rum down.     ( This line often done as "Me being young" )
         An old man came courting me,
         Fain he would marry me
         Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.

         CHORUS
           For they've got no falloorum, falliddle, falloorum
           They've got no falloorum, falliddle all day.
           They've got no falloorum,
           They've lost their ding doo-rum
           So, maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.

         Now, when we went to church,
         Hey ding, doo-rum down.
         Now, when we went to church,
         Hey doo-rum down.
         When we went to church,
         He left me in the lurch
         Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.

         CHORUS

         Now, when we went to bed,
         Hey ding, doo-rum down.
         Now, when we went to bed,
         Hey doo-rum down.
         Now, when we went to bed,
         He neither done nor said
         Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.

         CHORUS

         Now, when we went to sleep,
         Hey ding, doo-rum down.
         Now, when we went to sleep,
         Hey doo-rum down.
         Now, when we went to sleep,
         Out of bed I did creep
         Into the arms of a jolly young man.

         FINAL CHORUS
           And I found his falloorum, falliddle, falloorum,
           I found his falloorum, falliddle all day.
           I found his falloorum, he got my ding doo-rum
           So, maids, when you're young, never wed an old man.

From Susan Johns, Austin, Texas, 6/22/96, as sung in SCA and Renaissance Fair circles.
This is from Goldstein English recording.</body>

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