The Old Maid In The Garrett
Steeleye Span
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F Bb F Bb F Bb F [Verse]F I was told by my Aunt, I was told by my motherC That going to a wedding is theF makings of anotherBb F Well, if this be so, then I'll go without a biddingBb F Oh, kind Providence, won't you send me to a wedding [Chorus]Bb F And it's, oh, dear meBb How will it beF If I die an old maidC F In the garret [Verse]F Now there's my sister Jean, she's not handsome or good lookingC F Scarcely sixteen and a fella she was courtingBb F Now she's twenty-four, she's a son and a daughterBb F Here am I, forty-four and I've never had an offer [Chorus]Continues after the adBb F And it's, oh, dear meBb How will it beF If I die an old maidC F In the garret [Verse]F I can cook and I can sew, I can keep a house right tidyC F Rise up in the morning and get the breakfast readyBb There's nothing in this wide worldF that makes my heart so cheeryBb F As a wee fat man to call me his own Deary [Chorus]Bb F And it's, oh, dear meBb How will it beF If I die an old maidC F In the garret [Instrumental]F C F Bb F Bb FBb F Bb F C F Oh, dear me [Verse]F Oh, come landsman or come townsman, come tinker or come tailorC Come fiddler, come dancer, comeF ploughman or come sailorBb Come rich man, come poor man, comeF fool or come wittyBb F Come any man at all, won't you marry out of pity? [Chorus]Bb F And it's, oh, dear meBb How will it beF If I die an old maidC F In the garret [Chorus]Bb F And it's, oh, dear meBb How will it beF If I die an old maidC F Dm Bb C In the garret..........