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]¯