haldjas - Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man

An old Irish folk song, originally performed by The Dubliners. I heard this when I was 4 years old and it has been one of my favourites ever since. (Of course I couldn't understand a word of English that time...) When I grew up, I learnt to sing it. And carry on The Message :P :P :P

Well the tune has changed a bit in my interpretation, but that is an unavoidable destiny for traditional songs...

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An old man came courting me, hey do a dority
An old man came courting me, me being young
An old man came courting me, all for to marry me
Maids when you're young never wed an old man For he's got no faloodorum, fadidledo doorum
For he's got no faloodoorum, fadidleday
He's got no faloorum, he's lost his ding doorum
So maids when you're young, never wed an old man

Now when we went to the church, hey do a dority
When we went to the church, me being young
When we went to the church, he left me in the lurch
Maids when you're young, never wed an old man

Now when we went to our bed, hey do a dority
Now when we went to our bed, me being young
When we went to our bed, he neither done nor said
Maids when you're young never wed an old man

Now when he went to sleep, hey do a dority
Now when we went to sleep, me being young
When we went to sleep, out of bed I did creep
Into the arms of a handsome young man And I found his falodoorum, fa didle dodoorum
I found his faloodoorum, fa didle all day
I found his falodoorum and he got my dingdoorum
so maids when you're young never wed an old man

Category:

Music

Tags:

• irish
• scottish
• folk
• pub
• haldjas
• iiri
• moraal

[imkatuska2]

Beautiful. I have goosebumps! 

[00arlo1]

Excellent! Kinda sorrowful version.  The Womenfolk (1960/70's US) did a more up beat version. I love both.

[CalypsoSings]

Hello! :) Lovely job! :) Do you mind if I post my version of this song as a response? It isn't very good...I just would like some feedback. Either way, let me know?

Feel free to check it out if ya like. Let me know either way!

Thanks!

Calypso

[anonymusffm]

nice, keep on practising;)

[jayrbee60]

I love this song ! Thanks for the smile!