Get away, old man, get away (MS2008-3097-011)

Get away, old man, get away (MS2008-3097-011)

Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3097-011 Unattributed Songbook 1 of 1. Pp. 28-29.

VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3097 Unattributed Songbook 1 of 1. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.

Copyright (c) Vermont Folklife Center

Complete Manuscript: vfc1998-0007_ms2008-3097

eng

vfc1998-0007_ms2008-3097-017

Get away, old man, get away

Now listen all you maindens

1er

Now listen all you maindens
About to choose a Man,
Don’t get one who is ancient,
Get a young if you can

Chorus
For an old man he is old
For an old man he is gray
But a young man’s heart is full of love
Get away, old man,get away

2ième

If you marry an old man
Now listen to what I say
Your sure to find a young man
Who’ll steal your heart away

Chorus

3ième

Be sure to get a young man
With red and rosy cheeks
Don’t get a man with a cane in his hand
Or his back is very weak

Chorus

4ième

I’d rather marry a young man
With pockets line with silk
Than to marry and old man
With a hundred cows to milk

Chorus

5ième

I’d rather marry a young man
With a apple in his hand
Than to marry and old man
With a hundred acres of land

Chorus

6ième

Don’t never marry an old man
I’ll tell you the reason why
His lips are all tobacco juice
And his chins is never dry

Chorus