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

• Artist:Odetta