Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

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

Chorus

 It was a ha ha this-a-way

Ha ha that-a-way

Ha ha this-a-way then, oh then

Its basically the same repetitive pattern for the remaining parts...

The boys came a-courtin', courtin', courtin'

The boys came a-courtin' then, oh then

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