When I was a young girl, a young girl, a young girl      When I was a young girl then, oh then      When I was a young girl, a young girl, a young girl      When I was a young girl then, oh then            It was a ha ha this-a-way      Ha ha that-a-way      Ha ha this-a-way then, oh then               The boys came a-courtin' then, oh then   The boys came a-courtin', courtin', courtin'   The boys came a-courtin', courtin', courtin'            The boys came a-courtin' then, oh then      It was a primp primp this-a-way         Primp primp that-a-way      Primp primp this-a-way then, oh then            It was a ha ha this-a-way         Ha ha that-a-way   Primp primp this-a-way then, oh then            Then we married, married, married      Then we married then, oh then      Then he died, died, died      Then he died then, oh then               It was a boo-hoo this-a-way   Boo-hoo that-a-way      Boo-hoo this-a-way then, oh then            Ha ha this-a-way      Ha ha that-a-way      Ha ha this-a-way then, oh then            When I was a young girl, a young girl, a young girl   When I was a young girl then, oh then      (Boo-hoo this-a-way         Boo-hoo that-a-way      Boo-hoo this-a-way then, oh then)            When I was a young girl, a young girl, a young girl      When I was a young girl then, oh then    When I was a young girl, a young girl, a young girl         When I was a young girl then, oh then