| lyric | 1. An old man came courting me, hey-ding-a doorum,
an old man came courting me, me being yount,
an old man came courting me all for his wife to be.
Maids when you’re young never wed an old man.
2. For he’s got no faldoorumdah faldiddle codoo.
He’s got no faldoorumdah faldiddleday,
he’s got no faldoorumdah, lost his ding ddreum.
Maids when you’re young never wed an old man.
3. When this old man comes to bed, hey-ding-a-doorum,
When this old man comes to bed, me beeing young,
When this old man comes to bed, he lays like a lump of lead,
Maids when you’re young, never wed an old man.
4. When this old man goes to sleep, hey-ding-a-doorum,
When this old man goes to sleep, me beeing young,
When this old man goes to sleep, out of bed I do creep,
Into the arms of a handsome young man.
5. |wish this old man would die, hey-ding-a-doorum,
I wish this old man would die, me beeing young,
|wish this old man would die, I’d make the money fly,
Girls, for your sakes, never wed an old man.
6. A young man is my deleight, hey-ding-a-doorum,
A young man is my deleight, me beeing young,
A ydung man is my deleight, he’ll kiss you day and night,
Maids when you’re young, never wed an old man. |