1.  When he came courting me, promised to marry me,
When he came courting me, I did all day
When he came courting me, promised to marry me.
Girls, for my sake never wed an old man.

2.  When he came into bed he fell like a lump of lead,
When he came into bed, I did all day,
When he came into bed he fell like a lump of lead.
Girls for me sake neve wed an old man.

3.  When I sit down to dine he said I dressed too fine (etc)

4. When I went into church he come in lurp to lurp (etc)

5. When it was ten o'clock all the doors he did lock (etc)

6. When he fell off to sleep out of bed I did creep
When he fell off to sleep, hey diddle y dee
When he fell off to slepp out of bed I did creep
And fell into the arms of a nice young man.

 

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Source: Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, Vol 2, p 30, No 200, ed Maud Karpeles , Oxford University Press, 1974

Notes:
Sung by Mrs Louie Hooper at Hambridge, Somerset, 13 April 1904

 Verses 5 and 6 were sung by Mrs Louie Hooper on 27 July 1904.

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