When I was Young
(From the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs-
arranged by Simon Barron and Rosalind Brady)
When I was young I lived in a hall
But now I'm married and I've no home at all
Oh what a life what a weary weary life
You'd better be a maiden as a poor man's wife
You'd better be a maid all the days of you life
Better be a maid as a poor man's wife
When I was young I'd sport and play
But now I'm married and the cradle's in the way
Oh what a life what a weary weary life
You'd better be a maiden as a poor man's wife
You'd better be a maid all the days of you life
Better be a maid as a poor man's wife
When I was young I wore my slippers thin
But now I'm married and the water runs in
Oh what a life what a weary weary life
You'd better be a maiden as a poor man's wife
You'd better be a maid all the days of you life
Better be a maid as a poor man's wife