X:2310 T:Maids When You're Young T:Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man R:song H:See also #137 D:The Dubliners Z:id:hn-song-138 M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=160 K:G G2 | G2 G2 G2 | G2 D2 G2 | B4 B2 | A2 F2 D2- | D4 D2 | D2 G2 G2 | G2 D2 G2 | B3 A G2 | d6- | d4 d2 | d2 B2 d2 | c2 B2 A2 | B3 A G2 | A3 F D2 | G2 G2 G2 | E4 EE | D3 E F2 | G6- | G3 || BAB | G2 G3 G | G2 D2 B2 | B B3 B2 | A2 F3 G | G2 G3 G | G2 D2 B2 | B A3 G2 | d4 d2 | d2 d3 B | c2 B2 A2 | B2 A2 G2 | A2 F4 | G2 G2 G2 | E4 EE | D3 E F2 | G4 || W:An old man came courting me, hey ding doo rum dah, W:An old man came courting me, me being young, W:An old man came courting me, fain would he marry me, W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man! W: W:Chorus: W:Because he's got no fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle aye oorum, W:He's got no fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle all day. W:He's got no fal-loo-rum, he's lost his ding-doo-rum, W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man! W: W:When we went to church, hey ding doo rum dah, W:When we went to church, me being young, W:When we went to church, he left me in the lurch, W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man! W: W:Chorus W: W:When we went to bed, hey ding doo rum dah, W:When we went to bed, me being young, W:When we went to bed, he lay like he was dead, W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man! W: W:Chorus W: W:So I threw me leg over him, hey ding doo rum dah, W:I flung me leg over him, me being young, W:I threw me leg over him, damned well near smothered him, W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man! W: W:Chorus W: W:When he went to sleep, hey ding doo rum dah, W:When he went to sleep, me being young, W:When he went to sleep, out of bed I did creep, W:Into the arms of a handsome young man! W: W:Last chorus: W:And I found his fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle aye oorum, W:I found his fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle all day, W:I found his fal-loo-rum, he got my ding-doo-rum, now W:Maids when you're young never wed an old man!