Lyrics:

An old man come courting me, fa-la-la-loodle
An old man come courting me, high-dery-down
An old man come courting me, oh, for to marry me
Maids, when you're young never wed an old man

He has no faloodle, fa-la-la-la-loodle
He has no faloodle, a-diverla-one
He has no faloodle, he's lost his ding-doodle
It's, maids, when you're young never wed an old man

It's when that we went to church, fa-la-la-la-loodle
It's when that we went to church, high-dery-down
It's when that we went to church, he left me in the lurch
Maids, when you're young never wed an old man

It's when we were walking home, fa-la-la-la-loodle
It's when we were walking home, high-dery-down
It's when we were walking home, he left me walk alone
Maids, when you're young never wed an old man

It's when I had supper set, fa-la-la-la-loodle
It's when I had supper set, high-dery-down
It's when I had supper set, divle a bite he could eat
Maids, when you're young never wed an old man

It's when that we went to bed, fa-la-la-la-loodle
It's when that we went to bed, high-dery-down
It's when that we went to bed, he lays as if he were dead
Maids, when you're young never wed an old man

I threw my leg over him, fa-la-la-la-loodle
I threw my leg over him, high-dery-down
I threw my leg over him, I swore I would smother him
Maids, when you're young never wed an old man

But had no faloodle, fa-la-la-la-loodle
He had no faloodle, a-diverla-one
He had no faloodle, he'd lost his ding-doodle
It's, maids, when you're young never wed an old man

It's when he went fast asleep, fa-la-la-la-loodle
When he went fast asleep, high-dery-down
It's when he went fast asleep, out of bed I did creep
And into the arms of a gallant young man