When I Was a Young Girl Lyrics

When I was a young girl I used to seek pleasure,
When I was a young girl I used to drink ale;
Out of the alehouse into the jailhouse,
My body's ruined they've left me here to die
Get sixteen pretty maidens to carry my coffin
Sixteen pretty maidens to sing me a song
A bunches of roses over my coffin
So I look pretty as I ride along

When I was a young girl I used to seek pleasure,
When I was a young girl I used to drink ale;
Out of the alehouse into the jailhouse,
My body's ruined they've left me here to die

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Odetta Lyrics

Odetta at Carnegie Hall (1960)

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"When I Was a Young Girl" is a song by Odetta. It is track #3 from the album Odetta at Carnegie Hall that was released in 1960. The duration of this song is 02:50.