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When I Was Single

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When I was single, O then, O then,
When I was single, O then,
When I was single mhy pockets went jingle
And I wish I was single again.

I got me a wife, O then, O then,
I got me a wife, O then,
I got me a wife, she's the plague of my life,
And I wish I was single again.

My wife she died, O then, O then,
My wife she died, Othen,
My wife she died and I laughed 'till I cried,
And I'm glad I am single again.

I married me another, O then, O then,
I married me another, O then,
I married me another, she's the devil's grandmother,
And I wish I was single again.

 
Note from E.L. Simons (1952): My grandmother learned this song from her father, J.C.F. Raburn. He probably learned the song in Indiana. See Lomax, Folk Song USA, p. 34, for a slightly different version.

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