Old Maid In The Garret

Lyrics and chords

Chord Converter
Our chord converter enables you to play this song in any key.

D 

I was told by my aunt,

D 

I was told by my mother

 

That  

A 

going to a weddin’

 

Is the  

G 

makings of a

D 

nother.

D 

And if this be true,

 

I’ll  

D 

go without a biddin’,

D 

Oh kind providence,

 

Won’t you send me to a  

A 

weddin’

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chorus

 

And it’s  

D 

Oh 

 

 

G 

dear 

 

 

D 

me! How will it  

G 

be,

 

If I  

D 

die an old maid in the  

A 

garr

D 

et?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Now there’s my sister Jean,

She’s not handsome or good-lookin’

Scarcely sixteen

And a fella she was courtin’

Now she’s twenty-four

With a son and a daughter,

Here am I at forty-four age varies

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?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chorus

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I can cook and I can sew,

I can keep the 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 dearie!

And it’s Oh Dear Me! How will it be,

If I die an Old Maid in the Garret?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chorus

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So come landsman, come townsman,

Come tinker or come tailor,

Come fiddler, come dancer,

Come ploughboy 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?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chorus

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~