I"LL NOT MARRY AT ALL



I'm determined to live an old maid

I'll take my stool and sit in the shade

And I'll not marry at all, at all

And I'll not marry at all.



Oh, I'll not marry a man who'd rich

For he'll get drunk and fall in a ditch.

And I'll not marry at all, at all

And I'll not marry at all.



Oh, I'll not marry a man who's poor

For he'll go begging from door to door.

And I'll not marry at all, at all

And I'll not marry at all.





Oh, I'll not marry a man who chews

Or he'll go slobbering from chin to shoes.

And I'll not marry at all, at all

And I'll not marry at all.



Oh, I'll not marry a man who smokes

For that would not please the old folks

And I'll not marry at all, at all

And I'll not marry at all.



Yes, I'm determined to live an old maid

I'll take my stool and sit in the shade

And I'll not marry at all, at all

And I'll not marry at all.



From Americxan Ballads and Songs, Pound

collected from Mabel Conrad Sullivan, Wynnette Montana, 1915

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