Maids When You’re Young – trad. arr Lucy Ward (her’s is in B! Hard counting!)

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An old man came courting me, hey ding-doorum down, An old man came courting me, me being young

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An old man came courting me, all for his wife to be maids when you're young never wed an old man.

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For they’ve got no fallorum, falivver aye orum they’ve got no fallorum, falivver aye ay

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For they’ve no fallorum, they’ve lost their ding-doorum Maids when you're young never wed an old man.

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When this old man comes to bed hey ding-doorum down

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When this old man comes to bed, me being young

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When this old man comes to bed he lays like a lump of lead

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Maids when you're young never wed an old man

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Cos they’ve got no fallorum, falivver aye orum For they’ve no fallorum, faliddle aye ay

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For they’ve no fallorum, they’ve lost their ding-doorum Maids when you're young never wed an old man

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When this old man goes to sleep, hey ding-dorum down When this old man goes to sleep, me being young

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When this old man goes to sleep, out of bed I do creep Into the arms of an ‘andsome young man

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An’ he’s got fallorum, falivver aye orum He’s got fallorum, falivver aye ay

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He’s got fallorum, and a ding-doorum So maids when you're young never wed an old man

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Oh I wish this old man would die, hey ding-doorum down I wish this old man would die, me being young

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I wish this old man would die I’d make the money fly, Maids for your sex never wed an old man.

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Because they’ve got no faloorum, falivver aye orum They’ve got no fallorum, falivver aye ay

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They’ve got no fallorum, they’ve lost their ding-dorum

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So maids when you're young never wed an old man ,So maids when you're young never wed an old man

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So maids when you're young never wed an old man

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