The Dubliners - Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man lyrics

Well, an man came courting me
Hey ding doorum dow
An old man came courting me, me being young
An old man came courting me
Fame would he marry me
Maids, when you're young never wed an old man

Because he's got no faloorum
Faliddle aye oorum
He's got no faloorum, faliddle all day
He's got no faloorum
He's lost his ding doorum ah maids
When you're young never wed an old man

When we went to church, hey ding doorum dow
When we went to church, me being young
When we went to church
He left me in the lurch ah maids
When you're young never wed an old man

Because he's got no faloorum
Faliddle aye oorum
He's got no faloorum, faliddle all day
He's got no faloorum
He's lost his ding doorum ah maids
When you're young never wed an old man

When we went to bed, hey ding doorum dow
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

Because he's got no faloorum
Faliddle aye oorum
He's got no faloorum, faliddle all day
He's got no faloorum
He's lost his ding doorum ah maids
When you're young never wed an old man

So I threw me leg over him
Hey ding doorum dow
I flung me leg over him, me being young
I threw me leg over him
Damn well near smothered him
Maids, when you're young never wed an old man

Because he's got no faloorum
Faliddle aye oorum
He's got no faloorum, faliddle all day
He's got no faloorum
He's lost his ding doorum ah maids
When you're young never wed an old man

When he went to sleep, hey ding doorum dow
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, faliddle aye oorum
I found his faloorum, faliddle all day
I found his faloorum, he got my ding doorum
So maids
When you're young never wed an old man