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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0620, Page 222

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  1. A Song - I Wish I Were Single Again (continued)

    “I married a wife o then o then ¶ I married a wife o then,”

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    laughing,
    For now I am single again.
    VI
    I brought her to the grave oh then, oh then,
    I brought her to the grave oh then,
    I brought her to the grave and I buried her so brave,
    For now I am single again.
    VII
    Oh! I married another o then o then,
    I married another o then,
    I married another twice worse than the others
    How I'd long to be single again.
    VIII
    Now all you young men who have wives o then,
    And all you men who have none
    Be careful of the first for the second might be worse
    I wish I were single again.
    IX
    I wish I were single again, again,
    How I wish I were single again,
    For if I were single my money would jingle
    I wish I were single again ha, ha.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mulqueeney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Ballybaun, Co. Clare