GET AWAY OLD MAN



Come all you young maidens and listen to me

When you go to marry, just let the old man be



For the old man, he is old

The old man, he is grey

But the young man's heart is full of love

Git away old man, git away



Don't never marry an old man, I'll tell you the reason why

His lips are all tobacco juice and his chin is never dry



I'd rather marry a young man with his pockets lined with silk

Than to marry an old man with a hundred cows to milk



Don't never marry an old man, his love cannot remain

For when he marries a young girl, his life is in a strain

So when you go to marry, please listen unto me

Chose yourself a young man and let the old man be



@age @courtship

see also NOWEDOLD

printed in Folksongs of the Blue Ridge Mountains

collected from John Daniel Vass

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