Don't Get Married Girls-The Dubliners

[00:01.16]Don't get married girls, you'll sign away your life [00:05.73]You may start off as a woman but you'll end up as the wife [00:10.51]You could be a vestal virgin, take the veil and be a nun [00:15.62]But don't get married girls for marriage isn't fun [00:21.88]Oh, it's fine when you're romancing and he plays the lover's part [00:26.97]You're the roses in his garden, you're the flame that warms his heart [00:31.78]And his love will last forever and he'll promise you the moon [00:36.71]But just wait until you're wedded, then he'll sing a different tune [00:42.19]You're his tapioca pudding, you're the dumplings in his stew [00:46.76]But he'll soon begin to wonder what he ever saw in you [00:52.00]Still he takes without complaining all the dishes you provide [00:56.76]For you see he's got to have his bit of jam tart on the side [01:01.94]So don't get married girls, it's very badly paid [01:06.72]You may start off as the mistress but you'll end up as the maid [01:11.72]Be a daring deep sea diver, be a polished polyglot [01:16.44]But don't get married girls, for marriage is a plot [01:22.96]Have you seen him in the morning with a face that looks like death? [01:27.80]With dandruff on his pillow and tobacco on his breath [01:33.02]And he needs some reassurance with his cup of tea in bed [01:37.44]For he's worried by the mortgage and the bald patch on his head [01:42.61]And he's sure that your his mother, lays his head upon your breast [01:47.10]So you try to boost his ego, iron his shirt and warm his vest [01:51.92]Then you get him off to work, the mighty hunter is restored [01:56.73]And he leaves you there with nothing but the dreams you can't afford [02:02.25]So don't get married girls, men they're all the same [02:06.97]They just use you when they need you, you'd do better on the game [02:11.91]Be a call girl, be a stripper, be a hostess, be a whore [02:17.16]But don't get married girls, for marriage is a bore [02:23.68]When he comes home in the evening he can hardly spare a look [02:28.59]All he says is "What's for dinner?" After all you're just the cook [02:33.08]But when he takes you to a party, well, he eyes you with a frown [02:38.21]For you know you've got to look your best, you mustn't let him down [02:43.29]And he'll clutch you with that "Look-what-I've-got" twinkle in his eyes [02:48.00]Like he's entered for a raffle and he's won you for the prize [02:52.90]Ah, but when the party's over you'll be slogging through the sludge [02:57.45]Half the time a decoration and the other half a drudge [03:02.68]So don't get married, it'll drive you round the bend [03:07.34]It's the lane without a turning, it's the end without an end [03:12.17]Take a lover every Friday, take up tennis, be a nurse [03:17.32]But don't get married girls, for marriage is a curse [03:23.29]Then you get him off to work, the mighty hunter is restored [03:29.09]And he leaves you there with nothing but the dreams you can't afford