The Old Maid In The Garrett chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

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Verse
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I was told by my Aunt, I was told by my mother
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That going to a wedding is the makings of another
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Well, if this be so, then I'll go without a bidding
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Oh, kind Providence, won't you send me to a wedding

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And it's, oh, dear me
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How will it be
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If I die an old maid
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In the garret

Verse
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Now there's my sister Jean, she's not handsome or good looking
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Scarcely sixteen and a fella she was courting
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Now she's twenty-four, she's a son and a daughter
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Here am I, forty-four and I've never had an offer

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And it's, oh, dear me
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How will it be
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If I die an old maid
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In the garret

Verse
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I can cook and I can sew, I can keep a house right tidy
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Rise up in the morning and get the breakfast ready
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There's nothing in this wide world that makes my heart so cheery
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As a wee fat man to call me his own Deary

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And it's, oh, dear me
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How will it be
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If I die an old maid
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In the garret

Instrumental
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Oh, dear me

Verse
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Oh, come landsman or come townsman, come tinker or come tailor
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Come fiddler, come dancer, come ploughman or come sailor
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Come rich man, come poor man, come fool or come witty
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Come any man at all, won't you marry out of pity?

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And it's, oh, dear me
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How will it be
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If I die an old maid
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In the garret

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And it's, oh, dear me
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How will it be
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If I die an old maid
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In the garret..........