VERSE 1
When I was single
Marry I did crave
Now I am married
Troubled to my grave
O, I wish I was a single girl again
VERSE 2
Th woods to get
Th spring's to go to
Every single thing
I have it all to do
O, I wish I was a single girl again
VERSE 3
Two little childring
To young 'atain
N'er one big enough
To help me a grain
O, I wish I was a single girl again
VERSE 4
One, a cry, Mommy
I want a piece o' bread
The other'n cry, Mommy
I want'a go to bed
O, I wish I was a single girl again
VERSE 5
I wash their little feet
An' I'll put them to bed
In'll step a drunkard
Wish'n they were dead
"(That's their Daddy, I guess)"
O, I wish I was a single girl again
VARIANTS:
0191 Drunken Men
0818 The Marriage Song
1370 Wish I Was A Single Girl Again
OTHER COLLECTIONS:
Randolph: III-366 A Married Womans Lament
Belden: p. 437 When I Was Single
Brown: III-54 I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again
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