| Author | Topic: Add: An Old Man He Courted Me | |
| Jon Freeman | Posted - 03 Apr 04 - 01:04 pm | |
An old man he courted me, fal the dol doodle, An old man he courted me, hi derry down; An old man he courted me all for to marry me; Maids when you're young never wed an old man. For, he has no fal the dol all the dol doodle, Oh, he has no fal the dol diddle the one, He has no filoodle, he's lost his ding-doodle, So maids while you're young never wed an old man. It's when that we went to church, fal the dol doodle, It's then that we went to church, hi derry down, It's when that we went to church he left me in the lurch; Maids while you're young never wed an old man. It's when we were coming home, fal the dol doodle, Oh, when we were coming home, hi derry down, It's when we were coming home he let me walk alone; Maids while you're young never wed an old man. It's when at supper set, fal the dol doodle, When at supper set, hey derry down, It's when at supper set devil a bite he could eat; Maids when you're young never wed an old man. Oh, it's when that we went to bed, fal the dol doodle, It's when that we went to bed, hi derry down, It's when that we went to bed, he lay as if he was dead; Maids when you're young never wed an old man. I threw me leg over him, fal the dol doodle, I threw me leg over him, hi derry down, I threw me leg over him, I swore I would smother him; Maids when you're young never wed an old man. Oh, it's when he fell fast aslep, fal the dol doodle, Oh, when he fell fast asleep, hi derry down, It's when he fell fast asleep, out of bed I did creep, And into the arms of a sporting young man. Oh, there we did sport and ply, fal the dol doodle, Oh, there we did sport and play, hi derry down, it's there we did sport and play until the break of day; Then I crept back to my lazy old man. Source: The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs. Notes: Abridged from The Penguin Book. The young girl who weds an old man is the subject of many ballads, but this one seems to be the most popular in British tradition. It first appeared in Herd's 'Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs' in 1776 as 'Scant of love, Want of Love'. In England Kidson printed a stanza in 'Traditional Tunes' in 1891 and in 1906 the air of another version was noted in Yorkshire. Joyce found it in Ireland, and Mr Abbott learned his around 1895 from Johnny Hopewell who came from Ireland to farm in Ottowa. | ||
| Mr Happy | Posted - 16 Apr 04 - 08:45 pm | |
Maids When You're Young (Trad) (as sung by The Corries) For he's got no fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle fal-loo-rum He's got no fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle fal-lay He's got no fal-loo-rum, he's lost his ding-doo-rum Maids when you're young never wed an old man An old man came courting me, hey doo me darrity An old man came courting me, me being young An old man came courting me, he did propose to me Maids when you're young never wed an old man When we sat down to tea, hey doo me darrity When we sat down to tea, me being young When we sat down to tea, he started teasing me Maids when you're young never wed an old man When we went up to bed, hey doo me darrity When we went up to bed, me being young When we went up to bed, he lay as if't were dead Maids when you're young never wed an old man When he was fast asleep, hey doo me darrity When he was fast asleep, me being young When he was fast asleep, I from his side did creep Into the arms of a handsome young man (last chorus:) Now he's got fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle fal-loo-rum He's got fal-loo-rum, fal-liddle fal-lay He's got fal-loo-rum, he's got a ding-doo-rum Maids when you're young never wed an old man MAIDS, WHEN YOU`RE YOUNG, NEVER WED AN OLD MAN Trad. (as sung by The Dubliners & Luke Kelly) Well an old man came courting me, hey ding-doorum dow An old man came courting me, me being young An old man came courting me, fain he would marry me Maids when you're young never wed an old man Chorus: Because he's got no faloorum, faliddle aye oorum He's got no faloorum, faliddle dal day He's got no faloorum, he's lost his ding-doorum So 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 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 So I threw me leg over him, hey ding-doorum dow I flung my leg over him, me being young I threw me leg over him, damn well near smullered him 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 aye ay I found his faloorum, he got my ding-doorum So maids when you're young never wed an old man | ||
| Jon Freeman | Posted - 17 Apr 04 - 12:45 am | |
ty Mr H. We used to do the Dubliners version or similar. | ||
| Mr Happy | Posted - 19 Apr 04 - 01:30 am | |
ty Mr H. ?? | ||
| Jon Freeman | Posted - 19 Apr 04 - 01:53 am | |
Sorry Mr Happy. Just Internet slang ty=thankyou. | ||
| Mr Happy | Posted - 21 Apr 04 - 07:02 pm | |
o i c! Cheers! | ||