Colonel O’Connor and Joel Simpson were kind enough to once again join me for The Irish Pub Song Of The Day. We had fun performing Maids When You’re Young. I hadn’t done the song in at least 10 years and it was nice to dust it off again with the gang.

Grab your instrument and play along!

Maids When You’re Young MP3

Maids When You’re Young (PDF)

Maids When You’re Young Never Wed an Old Man

An [D]old man came courting me, hey ding dur um [A]da

An [D]old man came courting me, me being [A]young

An [D]old man came [G]courting me, [D]said he would [A]marry me

[D]Maids when you’re [G]young never [A]wed an old [D]man

For he’s got no folurum fol diddle-i-urum da
He’s got not folurum fol diddle-i-aye
He’s got no folurum, he’s lost his ding-durum
Maids when you’re young never wed an old man

When we went to church, hey ding dur um da
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 dur um da
When we went to bed, me being young
When we went to bed, he lay as if was dead
Maids when you’re young never wed an old man

Well i threw me leg over him, hey ding dur um da
Well i threw me leg over him, me being young
Well i threw me leg over him, damn well near smothered him
Maids when you’re young never wed an old man

When he went to sleep, hey ding dur um da
When he went to sleep, me being young
When he went to sleep, I from his side did creep
Into the arms of a handsome young man

Now he’s got falurum, fol diddle-i-urum da Now he’s got folurum fol diddle-i-aye
Now he’s got folurum, he got my ding-durum
Maids when you’re young never wed an old man