{"id":1578,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/i-wish-that-i-never-had-wed"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"i-wish-that-i-never-had-wed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/i-wish-that-i-never-had-wed\/","title":{"rendered":"I WISH THAT I NEVER HAD WED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Young ladies have pity on me let me and your company mingle<br \/>\nI once was a maiden so free and like you I was happy and single<br \/>\nMe mother advised me to wed until seventeen I had tarried<br \/>\nTo the church ask herself and the triads like a day with man to get married<br \/>\nBut I wish that I never was wed<\/p>\n<p>For a short time he loved me sincere he used me both kindly and civil<br \/>\nThe honeymoon scarcely was o&#8217;er till he turned out a fair divil<br \/>\nThe bed he took up on his back and off to the pawn shop he carried<br \/>\nI oft times wish I was dead before that I ever got married<br \/>\nI wish that I never was wed<\/p>\n<p>To the landlord he won&#8217;t pay the rent because he declares he&#8217;s not able<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s nothing now left in the house but two broken chairs and a table<br \/>\nThe bedclothes, the kettle the broom, the washing tub off he has carried<br \/>\nHe grunts and he snores and he shouts I wish that I never was married<br \/>\nI wish that I never was wed<\/p>\n<p>When he buys the meat once a month or I am greatly mistaken<br \/>\nTis only a sheep&#8217;s head and clock or a bit of sweet liver and bacon<br \/>\nHe says bread and butter are dear and time was shockingly harried<br \/>\nAll day he drinks whiskey and beer I wish that I never was married<br \/>\nI wish that I never was wed<\/p>\n<p>One night he came home in a rage he busted me new shoes a sunder<br \/>\nThe cat he kicked under the bed and the table threw out of the window<br \/>\nThe bellows he threw at me head me clothes to the pawn shop he carried<br \/>\nI oft times wish I was dead before that I ever got married<br \/>\nI wish that I never was wed<\/p>\n<p>If I was but single again I&#8217;d be happy and joyous and merry<br \/>\nI&#8217;d sing and I&#8217;d shout and I&#8217;d laugh to be held in the kingdom Kerry<br \/>\nSo young maidens single remain by a tyrant you&#8217;ll never be harried<br \/>\nIf I was but single again and by jingo I&#8217;d never get married<br \/>\nI wish that I never was wed<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young ladies have pity on me let me and your company mingle I once was a maiden so free and like you I was happy and single Me mother advised me to wed 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