I Wish I Was Single Again

X: 1
T:I Wish I Was Single Again
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
B:Ozark Folk Songs, Randolph, Ed Norm Cohen, ISBN 0-252-00952-2
Z:Vance Randolph
S:Lottie Chapman, Anderson Mo, Apr 2, 1928
M:6/8%Meter
L:1/8%
K:D
A3 |A2 d dcd |A3 z2
w:1~When I was sin-gle, oh then,
w:2~I mar-ried a wife, oh then,
w:3~She beats~me, she bangs me, oh then,
w:4~My wife she died, _oh then,
w:5~I bought~her a cof-fin, oh then,
w:6~I went~for a shroud, _oh then,
w:7~I married~me a-noth-er, oh then,
A |A2 d dcd | e3 z2
w:When I was sin-gle oh then,
w:I mar-ried a wife, oh then,
w:She beats~me, she bangs me, oh then,
w:My wife, she died, _oh then,
w:I bought~her a cof-fin, oh then,
w:I went~for a shroud, _oh then,
w:I married~me a-noth-er, oh then,
A |A2 d def |gfg BB
w:When I was sin-gle my mon-ey did jin-gle
w:I mar-ried a wife, she's the plague of my life,
w:She beats~me, she bangs me, an' swears she will hang me,
w:My wife, she died, _an'~I laughed till I cried,_
w:I bought~her a cof-fin, an' I~could-n't stop laugh-in',
w:I went~for a shroud, _a-walk-in' so proud,_
w:I married~me a-noth-er, she's worse then the other,_
B/2 B/2 | A A A c B c | d3 |]
w:An' I wish I was sin-gle a-gain.
w:Ah' I wish I was sin-gle a-gain.
w:An' I wish I was sin-gle a-gain.
w:To _think I was sin-gle a-gain.
w:To _think I was sin-gle a-gain.
w:Be-_cause I was sin-gle a-agin.
w:An' I wish I was sin-gle a-gain.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/gulfweb.net:34043/~rlwalker/abc/IWish_Hi/0000

Visitors to this tune page also viewed:

Puddlegum's Misery

THE HAUGHS O' CROMDALE

Paddy O’Carroll [1]