The Marriage Song

Cat. #0818 (MFH #134) - As sung by Mrs. Norman Engler, Lakeview, Arkansas on April 16, 1969

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

(collected by Jerry Hays)

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