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I have often heard it said by my father and my mother,
That going to a wedding is the making of another;
Well if this be so, then I'll go without a bidding,
Oh, kind providence, won't you send me to a wedding?
And it's oh, dear me, how will it be, if I die an old maid in a garret?
Now, there's my sister Jean, she's not handsome or good looking,
Scarcely sixteen and a fellow she was courting;
Now, she's twenty-four, she's a son and a daughter,
Here am I, forty-five, and I've never had an offer.
And it's oh, dear me, how will it be, if I die an old maid in a garret?
I can cook and I can sew, I can keep a house right tidy,
Rise up in the morning and get the breakfast ready;
There's nothing in this wide world that makes my heart so cheery,
As a wee fat man to call me his own dearie.
And it's oh, dear me, how will it be, if I die an old maid in a garret?
Oh, come landsman, come townsman, come tinker or come tailor,
Come fiddler, come dancer, come ploughman or come sailor;
Come rich man, come poor man, come fool or come witty,
Come any man at all, won't you marry out of pity.
And it's oh, dear me, how will it be, if I die an old maid in a garret?
Oh, well, I'm away home for there's nobody heedin',
There's nobody heedin' to poor Annie's pleadin';
And I'm away home to me own wee bit garret,
If I can't get a man then I'll surely get a parrot.
And it's oh, dear me, how will it be, if I die an old maid in a garret?
Capo 2nd Fret; tabs shown are formations.
I have [G] often heard it said by my father and my mother,
That [D] going to a wedding is the [G] making of another;
Well if this be [C] so, then I'll [G] go without a bidding,
Oh, kind providence, won't you send me to a wedding?
And it's oh [C] dear [G] me, how will it [C] be, if I [G] die an old [D] maid in a [D7] gar-[G] ret
