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i As I was traveling one morning in May, I heard an old bachelor beginning a lay: "Oh, I can't tell why the reason may be That none of those girls won't marry me.
2 "Pve courted the rich and Pve courted the poor,
Pve often been snubbed at the meetinghouse door, And I can't tell why the reason can be That none of those girls won't marry me.
3 "IVe offered them silver, IVe offered them gold.
And many fine stories to them I have told, But gold and silver won't do, you now see, For none of the girls have married with me.
4 "Nine good horses IVe rode to death,
IVe rode them till they tad no breath 3 And five new saddles wore out to the tree, Yet none of the girls have married with me.
5 "IVe been through the mountains, IVe traversed the plains;
1 courted the misses, IVe courted the dames j And I can't tell why the reason may be That none of those girls won't marry me.
6 "IVe traveled by land and sailed by sea?
Ten thousands of miles those girls to see, And I can't tell why the reason can be That none of those girls won't marry me.
7 "IVe sailed on the main and IVe followed the coast,
No conquest in love can I honestly boast 3 And I can't tell why the reason may be That none of those girls won't marry me. |
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