Lyrics:

This song is a warning to all young ladies
Never to associate with an old man

Well an old man came courting me, hey dingdoorum dall
An old man came courting me, me being young
An old man came courting me, fame would he marry me
Maids when you're young, never wed an old man

Chorus:
Because he's got no faloorum faliddel y yoorum
He's got no faloorum faliddel al de
He's got no faloorum he's lost his dingdoorum
Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man

When we went to church, he dingdoorum dall
When we went to church, me being young
When we went to church, he left me in the lurch
Maids, when you're young, never wed an old man

Chorus,

When we went to bed, he dingdoorum dall
When we went to bed, me being young
When we went to bed, he lay like he was dead
Maids when you're young, never wed an old man

Chorus,

So I throw me leg over him, he dingdoorum dall
I flung me leg over him, me being young
I throw me leg over him; damn well I near smothered him
Maids when you're young, never wed an old man

Chorus,

When he went to sleep he dingdoorum dall
When he went to sleep, me being young
When he went to sleep, out of bed I did creep
Into the arms of a handsome young man

And I found his faloorum faliddel y yoorum
I found his faloorum faliddel al de
I found his faloorum he got my dingdoorum
So maids, when you're young, never wed an old mna