The Old Maid In The Garrett

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