Old Maid,The

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T:Old Maid,The
S:Kidson Leeds Mercury Old Songs and Airs
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/PG/2/2
Z:Transcribed by Ruairidh Greig May 2016
N:Roud V15136
M:2/4
L:1/8
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w:When I was a girl of eigh-teen years old, I was scorn--ful as scorn-ful could be;
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w:I was taught to ex-pect wit, wisdom , and gold And no-thing else would do for me.
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w:Oh! those were the days when my eyes beamed bright, And my cheeks were like the rose* on the tree,* And the
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w:ring-lets curled o'er my fore-head so white, And lov-ers came a court-ing me, And* lov-ers came a court-ing me.

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