Never We a' Auld Man

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Never Wed A' Auld Man  
Sung by Jeannie Robertson.

Recorded by Peter Kennedy and Alan Lomax in London in 1953.

For a' auld man cam' courtin' me,
Hhi-doo-a-darrity,
For a auld man cam' courtin' me,
Hhi-doo-a-day.
For a' auld man cam' courtin' me,
Hhi-doo-a-darrity,
But maids when you're young, never wed a' auld man.

For when we went to the church,
I left him in the lurch.

For when we went to oor tea,
He started teasin' me.

When we went to our bed,
He lay as he was dead.


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