MAIDS, WHEN YOU´RE YOUNG 

 

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 1. An old man came courting me, hey ding doorum down,

          G                      Em               C              D7

    an old man came courting me, me being young,

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    an old man came courting me, fain would he marry me,

       G                            Am                D7               G

    maids, when you`re young, never wed an old man.

 

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For he`s got no faloorum faliddle aye oorum,

         G           Em         C             D7

he`s got no faloorum faliddle aye ay,

         G            D                 G                   C

he`s got no faloorum, he`s lost his ding doorum,

       G                             Am                D7              G

so maids, when you`re young, never wed an old man.

 

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2. When we went to church, hey ding doorum down,

              G                 Em       C             D7

    when we went to church, me being young,

               G                 D                       G                    C

    when we went to church, he nearly left me in the lurch,

       G                            Am                D7               G

    maids, when you`re young, never wed an old man.

 

+ CHORUS

 

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 3. When we went to bed, hey ding doorum down,

               G               Em   C             D7

    when we went to bed, me being young,

              G                 D         G                       C

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

       G                            Am                D7              G

    maids, when you`re young, never wed an old man. 

 

+ CHORUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4. But when he went to sleep, hey ding, doorum down,

              G                      Em    C              D7

    but when he went to sleep, me being young,

               G                        D                G             C

     but when he went to sleep, out of bed I did creep,

    G           Am          D7                          G

    into the arms of a handsome young man.

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    And he`s got his faloorum faliddle aye oorum,

              G           Em          C              D7

     he`s got his faloorum, faliddle aye ay,

              G            D                 G                  C

     he`s got his faloorum, I`ve lost my ding doorum,

           G                            Am                 D7              G

    so maids, when you`re young, never wed an old man.