{t:Maids When You’re Young}{st:The Dubliners}
{c: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
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
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]
{eoc}
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
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
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]
{eoc}
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
{c:Final CHORUS:}
{soc}
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]↓
{eoc}
{t:Maids When You’re Young}
