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The Deaf Woman's Courtship Old woman, old woman, are you fond of smoking?_ Speak a little louder, sir, I'm rather hard of hearing. Old woman, old woman, are you fond of carding?_ Speak a little louder, sir, I'm rather hard of hearing. Old woman, old woman, don't you want me to court you? Speak a little louder, sir, I've just begun to hear you. Old woman, old woman, don't you want to marry me? Lord have mercy on my soul, I think now I hear you. From English Folk Songs in the Southern Appalachians, Sharp Collected from Mrs. Emma Early, NC. 1918