The Old Maid In The Garrett

Intro: Verse I was told by my Aunt, I was told by my mother That going to a wedding is the makings of another Well, if this be so, then I'll go without a bidding Oh, kind Providence, won't you send me to a wedding And it's, oh, dear me How will it be If I die an old maid In the garret Verse Now there's my sister Jean, she's not handsome or good looking Scarcely sixteen and a fella she was courting Now she's twenty-four, she's a son and a daughter Here am I, forty-four and I've never had an offer And it's, oh, dear me How will it be If I die an old maid In the garret Verse I can cook and I can sew, I can keep a house right tidy Rise up in the morning and get the breakfast ready There's nothing in this wide world that makes my heart so cheery As a wee fat man to call me his own Deary And it's, oh, dear me How will it be If I die an old maid In the garret Instrumental Oh, dear me Verse Oh, come landsman or come townsman, come tinker or come tailor Come fiddler, come dancer, come ploughman or come sailor Come rich man, come poor man, come fool or come witty Come any man at all, won't you marry out of pity? And it's, oh, dear me How will it be If I die an old maid In the garret And it's, oh, dear me How will it be If I die an old maid In the garret..........