An [G] old man came courting me, hey ding [D] doorum dah
An [G] old man came courting me, me being [D] young.
An [G] old man came [D] courting me, [G] fain would he [D] marry me,
[G] Maids when you're [C] young never [D] wed an old [G] man.

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Because he's got no faloorum, fal liddle eye oorum,
He's got no faloorum, fal liddle all day.
He's got no faloorum, he's lost his ding doorum,
Maids when you're young never wed an old man.)

When we went to church, hey ding doorum dah
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.

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When we went to bed, hey ding doorum dah
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.

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So I threw me leg over him, hey ding doorum dah
I flung me leg over him, me being young.
I threw me leg over him, damn near done smothered him,
Maids when you're young never wed an old man.

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When he went to sleep, hey ding doorum dah
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.

(Chorus
And I found his faloorum, fal liddle eye oorum,
And I found his faloorum, fal liddle all day.
And I found his faloorum, he got my ding doorum,
Maids when you're young never wed an old man.)

This is a version by the Dubliners