
Date of issue: 03.05.2009
Record label: Park
Song language: English
I Wish That I Never Was Wed |
O ladies take pity on me |
Let me in your company mingle |
I once was merry and free |
And, like you, I was happy and single |
Me mother advised me to wed |
For seventeen years I had tarried |
So, off to the church I did go — |
In a trice to a man to be married |
O I wish that I never was wed |
For a short time he loved me sincere |
He used me both kindly and civil; |
The honeymoon scarcely was o’er |
When he turned out a quare divil! |
The bed he took up on his back |
And off to the pawnshop he carried |
Oft times I wished I was dead |
Or better, I never was married |
O I wish that I never was wed |
To the landlord he won’t pay the rent |
He says that he is not able |
There’s nothin' now left in the house |
But two broken chairs and a table |
The bedclothes, the kettle and broom |
Off to the pawnshop he carried |
He grunts, he snores, hoe roars |
O I wish that I never was married |
O I wish that I never was wed |
When he buys the meat once a month |
That’s if I’m not sadly mistaken |
There’s nothin' but sheep’s head and pluck |
And a bit of sweet liver and bacon |
He says bread and butter are dear |
And these times are shockingly harried |
All day he drinks whisky and beer |
O I wish that I never was wed |
One night he came home in a rage |
He busted me new shoes asunder |
The cat he kicked into the grate |
And the table flew out of the window |
The bellows he threw at me head |
Me clothes to the pawnshop he carried |
That night I wished I was dead |
Or better, I never was married |
O I wish that I never was wed |
If I was but single again |
I’d sing and be joyous and merry |
I’d laugh, I’d shout, I’d roar |
I’d be heard in the Kingdom of Kerry! |
So maidens single remain |
By your time, you’ll never be harried |
If I was bus single again |
By jingo, I’d never get married |
O I wish that I never was wed |
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Rogues In A Nation | 1995 |
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The Dreamer And The Widow | 2006 |
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Alison Gross | 1995 |
One Misty Moisty Morning | 1995 |
Little Sir Hugh | 2002 |
My Johnny Was A Shoemaker | 1995 |
We Shall Wear Midnight ft. Steeleye Span | 2015 |
The Blackleg Miner | 1970 |
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