tune page
I Wish I Was Single Again
Found in IWishLow.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X:1 T:I Wish I Was Single Again 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 A,3 |A,2 D DCD |A,3 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, |A,2 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, |A,2 D DEF |GFG B,B, 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.