well an man came courting me hey ding doorum dow 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 because he s got no faloorum faliddle aye oorum he s got no faloorum faliddle all day he s got no faloorum he s lost his ding doorum ah maids when you re young never wed an old man when we went to church hey ding doorum dow when we went to church me being young when we went to church he left me in the lurch ah maids when you re young never wed an old man because he s got no faloorum faliddle aye oorum he s got no faloorum faliddle all day he s got no faloorum he s lost his ding doorum ah maids when you re young never wed an old man when we went to bed hey ding doorum dow 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 because he s got no faloorum faliddle aye oorum he s got no faloorum faliddle all day he s got no faloorum he s lost his ding doorum ah maids when you re young never wed an old man so i threw me leg over him hey ding doorum dow i flung me leg over him me being young i threw me leg over him damn well near smothered him maids when you re young never wed an old man  because he s got no faloorum faliddle aye oorum he s got no faloorum faliddle all day he s got no faloorum he s lost his ding doorum ah maids when you re young never wed an old man when he went to sleep hey ding doorum dow 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 faliddle aye oorum i found his faloorum faliddle all day i found his faloorum he got my ding doorum so maids when you re young never wed an old man