Only Nineteen Years Old

As I roved out walking one evening last May A charming young damsel I met on my way She had jewellery and riches, she had diamonds and gold And she said she was a virgin, only nineteen years old I quickly fell in love with this beautiful dame I asked where she came from, and she told me that same In three weeks we were married, and the church bells, they tolled I was married to a virgin, only nineteen years old On awakening next morning, I thought I would faint When she scraped from her two cheeks a full pound of paint And on her left shoulder a hump I behold "Oh," sayd I, "You're a daisy, only nineteen years old?" She pulled out her fingers 'til she left only three She screwed off her right leg right over the knee She pulled off her false wig, her bald head I behold Oh good God Almighty, only nineteen years old She pulled out her eyebrow which was black and sublime She pulled out her false teeth which was only nine She pulled out her glass eye, on the carpet it rolled Oh bad luck and damnation to your nineteen years old Now all you young fellas, when for marriage you go Examine your true love from the top to the toe And if you don't do that, like me you'll be sold To a damsel not nineteen, but a ninety year old 1