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WHEN I WAS SINGLE (I WISH I WAS SINGLE AGAIN) Sung by: Mrs. Russell Vaughan Recorded in Memphis, TN Click here to listen to the original recording When I was single, oh then. When I was single, my pockets would jingle, And I wisht I was single again. I married me a wife, oh then, oh then. I married me a wife, oh then. I married me a wife, and she’s joy of my life, And I wisht I was single again. My wife died, oh then, oh then. My wife died, oh then. My wife died, and I laughed and I cried To think I was single again. I married me another, oh then, oh then. I married me another, oh then. I married me another, and she’s the Devil’s grandmother, And I wisht I was single again. She beat me, she banged me, oh then, oh then. She beat me, she banged me, oh then. She beat me, she banged me, and threatened to hang me, And I wisht I was single again. She beat me and mauled me, oh then, oh then. She beat me and mauled me, oh then. She beat me and mauled me and threatened to scald me, Oh, I wisht I was single again. Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #365, “I Wish I Was Single Again”; Brown, Vol. III, #19, “When I Was Single”; Belden, p. 437, “When I Was Single.” |
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