I Wish I Was Single Again

Cat. #0806 (MFH #134) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on June 25, 1969

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

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