The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - Old maid in the garret

Now I've ^Goften heard it said from me father and me mother That ^Dgoing to a wedding is the ^Cmaking of a^Gnother Well, ^Gif this be so, then I’ll ^Cgo without a ^Gbiddin O kind providence, won't you send me to a ^Dwedding

And its ^GO ^Cdear ^Gme, how would it ^Cbe, if I ^Gdie an old maid in a ^Dgarr^Get

Well, ^Gthere's my sister Jean, she's not handsome or good-looking ^DScarcely sixteen and a fel^Cla she was ^Gcourting Now ^Gshe’s twenty-four with a ^Cson and a ^Gdaughter Here am I at forty-five and I've never had an ^Doffer

And its ^GO ^Cdear ^Gme, how would it ^Cbe, if I ^Gdie an old maid in a ^Dgarr^Get

I can ^Gcook and I can sew and I can keep the house right tidy ^DRise up in the morning and ^Cget the breakfast ^Gready There's ^Gnothing in this wide world would ^Cmake me half so ^Gcheery As a wee fat man who would call me his own ^Ddeary

And its ^GO ^Cdear ^Gme, how would it ^Cbe, if I ^Gdie an old maid in a ^Dgarr^Get

So come ^Glandsman or come pinsman, come tinker or come tailor Come ^Dfiddler or come dancer, come ^Cploughboy or come ^Gsailor Come ^Grich man, come poor man, come ^Cfool or come ^Gwitty Come any man at all that will marry me for ^Dpity

And its ^GO ^Cdear ^Gme, how would it ^Cbe, if I ^Gdie an old maid in a ^Dgarr^Get

Well now ^GI'm away home for nobody's heeding Nobod^Dy's heeding and to ^Cpoor Annie’s ^Gpleading I'll ^Ggo away home to my ^Cown bitty ^Ggarret If I can't get a man, then I'll have to get a ^Dparrot

And its ^GO ^Cdear ^Gme, how would it ^Cbe, if I ^Gdie an old maid in a ^Dgarr^Get