I was told by my Aunt, I was told by my mother
That going to a wedding is the makings of another
Well, if this be so, then I'll go without a bidding
Oh, kind Providence, won't you send me to a wedding
And it's, oh, dear me
How will it be
If I die an old maid
In the garret
Verse
Now there's my sister Jean, she's not handsome or good looking
Scarcely sixteen and a fella she was courting
Now she's twenty-four, she's a son and a daughter
Here am I, forty-four and I've never had an offer
And it's, oh, dear me
How will it be
If I die an old maid
In the garret
Verse
I can cook and I can sew, I can keep a house right tidy
Rise up in the morning and get the breakfast ready
There's nothing in this wide world that makes my heart so cheery
As a wee fat man to call me his own Deary
And it's, oh, dear me
How will it be
If I die an old maid
In the garret
Instrumental
Oh, dear me
Verse
Oh, come landsman or come townsman, come tinker or come tailor
Come fiddler, come dancer, come ploughman or come sailor
Come rich man, come poor man, come fool or come witty
Come any man at all, won't you marry out of pity?
And it's, oh, dear me
How will it be
If I die an old maid
In the garret
And it's, oh, dear me
How will it be
If I die an old maid
In the garret