The Drunken Maidens Traditional (adapted by Eddie Biggins)

There were three drunken maidens Come down from the Isle of Wight They started to drink on Monday Never stopped till Saturday night Then Saturday night it came me boys And still they wouldn’t get out And then these drunken maidens, They pushed the jug about

Then in comes bouncing Sally, Her cheeks a rosy bloom Sayin’ ‘Move over jolly sisters, And give young Sally some room Then I will be your equal Before the night is out And then these drunken maidens, They pushed the jug about

They had woodcock and pheasant They had partridge, they had hare And every kind of dainty No shortage was there there They had forty pints of beer, me boys And still they wouldn’t get out And then these drunken maidens They pushed the jug about

Then up came the landlord He was bringing them the bill They owed him forty pounds but There was nothing in their till That’s ten pounds apiece they owed But still they wouldn’t get out And then these drunken maidens, They pushed the jug about

They saw some fancy young lads And so began to flirt With little hints of promises And slightly raised up skirt Then one by one those drunken maids Slipped quietly away Leaving those poor fellas The landlord’s bill to pay

There were four drunken maidens Come down from the Isle of Wight They started to drink on Monday Never stopped till Saturday night Then Saturday night it came me boys And still they wouldn’t get out And then these drunken maidens, They pushed the jug about

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