Three Weeks We Were Wed

I'm as troubled a young man, my friends, as you ever did see
For I married a damsel her age, it was scarce 23
I'm sorry to tell you, I married this false minded one
For she's left me alone and gone off with another young man

Now the day we were wed, she said, "I went on a spree"
The neighbor next door she swore was better than me
They go out every night and stay dancing the morning away
And the pair leave me there to fare the best that I may

Well, three weeks we were wed when this lassie, I took her to town
Expenses I paid, on the way, I gave her a crown
I met an old friend and he pulled me in for a drink
And while we were there, she prepared, ran off on the train

When I found she was gone, like a madman, I rushed through the square
I'll find out a hole and trying to tear out my hair
A neighbor named Ned, he stuck out his hand out the door
"Has you wife gone away? Will she never come back anymore?"

I've an acre of land, a mighty fine pig and a cow
A duck and a drake, with no one to take care of us now
I'll sell them all off, I declare, for I'm tired to my life
Says the ladies to them, "Go along and look for your wife," oh