Annotation:Nobody coming to marry me
X:1 T:Nobody coming to marry me M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Allegreto" B:William Cahusac – The German Flute Preceptor (c. 1814, p. 13) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|F2A A2d|d2z z2f|fed dcd|e2z z2A| d2d ede|f2z z2g|afd dcd|{f}e2z zAA|d2d ede| fga z2z|d2d ede|f2z z2z|ddd ede|fga z2z| A>BA ABc|(d3 d)ef|(g3 g)fe|(a3 a)fd|A>BA ABc|d2z z2||
NOBODY COMING TO MARRY ME. AKA - "There’s Nobody Comes to Marry Me." English, Scottish; Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by Mr. Cooke. The song [Roud 846] was performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in the early 19th century.
When I was a smart young girl
Of fifteen or sixteen years old
Oh then I had plenty of suitors
But now there(sic) grown wonderous (sic) cold.
Cho:
Oh what will become of me
Oh what shall I do
Nobody coming to marry me
Nobody coming to woo
Nobody coming to woo.
My father's a hedger and ditcher
My mother does nothing but spin
I once was a pretty young Maid
But the money comes slowly in.
Last night when the Dogs did bark
I went to the door to see
And every Lass had a spark
But no one came to me.
Oh dear how shocking the thought
that all my beauty must fade
I am sure it is not my fault
That I must die an old Maid.
I sharp-eyed poster to Mudcat noticed a thematic connection with "Slighted Nansy" in Allan Ramsay's Tea-Table Miscellany (set to the tune of "The Kirk wad let me be"). However, the song has numerous variants of both words and title, including "My Father’s a (Hedger and Ditcher)" and "Seven Braw Gown."
