Maids when you're young

An old man came courting me, hey ding dooram day

An old man came courting me, me being young

An old man came courting me, all for to marry me

Maids, when you're young never wed an old man

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Because he's got no faloorum, fadidle eye-oorum

He's got no faloorum, fadidle all day

He's got no faloorum, he's lost his ding doorum

Oh Maids When You're Young, Never Wed An Old Man

When we went to church, hey ding dooram day

When we went to church, me being young

When we went to church, he left me in the lurch

Maids When You're Young, Never Wed An Old Man

[Chorus]

When we went to bed, hey ding doorum day

When we went to bed, me being young

When we went to bed, he lay like he was dead

Maids when you're young never wed an old man

[Chorus]

When he went to sleep, hey ding doorum day

When he went to sleep, me being young

When he went to sleep, out of bed I did creep

Into the arms of a handsome young man

And I found his faloorum, fadidle eye-oorum

I found his faloorum, fadidle all day

I found his faloorum, he got my ding doorum

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

• Artist:The Corries