I"LL NOT MARRY AT ALL

I'm determined to live an old maid
I'll take my stool and sit in the shade
And I'll not marry at all, at all
And I'll not marry at all

Oh, I'll not marry a man who'd rich
For he'll get drunk and fall in a ditch
And I'll not marry at all, at all
And I'll not marry at all

Oh, I'll not marry a man who's poor
For he'll go begging from door to door
And I'll not marry at all, at all
And I'll not marry at all

Oh, I'll not marry a man who chews
Or he'll go slobbering from chin to shoes
And I'll not marry at all, at all
And I'll not marry at all

Oh, I'll not marry a man who smokes
For that would not please the old folks
And I'll not marry at all, at all
And I'll not marry at all

Yes, I'm determined to live an old maid
I'll take my stool and sit in the shade
And I'll not marry at all, at all
And I'll not marry at all

From Americxan Ballads and Songs, Pound
collected from Mabel Conrad Sullivan, Wynnette Montana, 1915
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