Maids When You Re Young

MAIDS WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG

¾ waltz time

An [D] old man came courting me, hey ding a [A] doo rum dow [A] An [D] old man came courting me, me being [A] young [A] An [D] old man came [G] courting me, [D] all for his [A] wife to be [D] Maids, when you're [G] young, never [A] wed an old [D] man

CHORUS: For he's [D] got no fal-loorum, fal diddle li [A] oo rum He's [D] got no fal-loorum, fal diddle fal [A] day [A] Oh, he's [D] got no fal-[G]loorum, he’s [D] lost his ding-[A]doorum [D] Maids, when you're [G] young, never [A] wed an old [D] man [D]

When [D] this old man comes to bed, hey ding a [A] doo rum dow [A] When [D] this old man comes to bed, me being [A] young [A] When [D] this old man [G] comes to bed, [D] he lays like [A] he was dead [D] Maids, when you're [G] young, never [A] wed an old [D] man

CHORUS: For he's [D] got no fal-loorum, fal diddle li [A] oo rum He's [D] got no fal-loorum, fal diddle fal [A] day [A] Oh, he's [D] got no fal-[G]loorum, he’s [D] lost his ding-[A]doorum [D] Maids, when you're [G] young, never [A] wed an old [D] man [D]

When [D] this old man goes to sleep, hey ding a [A] doo rum dow [A] When [D] this old man goes to sleep, me being [A] young [A] When [D] this old man [G] goes to sleep, [D] out of bed [A] I do creep [D] Into the [G] arms of a [A] handsome young [D] man

Final CHORUS: For [D] he's got fal-loorum, fal diddle li [A] oo rum [D] He's got fal-loorum, fal diddle fal [A] day [A] Yes, [D] he's got fal-[G]loorum, he [D] found my ding-[A]doorum [D] Maids, when you're [G] young, never [A] wed an old [D] man [D]

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