VERSE 1
Once I was single and lived at my ease
Now I am married, a husband to please
Three small children to content
O, how I wish I was single again
VERSE 2
These young men, when ya meet on th street
Seem like a millionaire to everyone ya meet
Looking in their pockets not a penny to be found
O, there's not but humbug in a young man's mind
VERSE 3
These young men when they first begin to love
Call ya honey, dear, an' sweet turtle dove
But when you are married it's another different thing
Get up an' get th breakfast, you ole lazy thing
VARIANTS:
0191 Drunken Man
0806 I Wish I Was Single Again
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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