School: Ballyheerin (roll number 16279)

Location:
Ballyheerin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Aodh Ó Frighil
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  1. Songs - Single Again (continued)

    When i was a single young man-

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    Again and again and again;
    Again and again and again,
    Sweet music did play, and I danc’d all the way
    For I knew I was single again.
    I married another & then - I married another & then -
    I married another, far worse than the other,
    And I wish I was single again;
    Again and again and again,
    Again and again and again,
    I married another, far worse than the other,
    And I wish I was single again.
    New, all you young men who have wives and all you young men who have non,
    Be kind to the first, for the next is the worst,
    And you’ll wish you were single again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.