Listen all you rounder's take a tip from me Listen all you rounder's take a tip from me Don't you ever marry if you love your liberty Don't do it boy Oh-laydi-yay-oh-laydi-yay-oh-lad i-yii A woman will tell you, you can do just as you please A woman will tell you, you can do just as you please But when she gets you she'll find an ace up her sleeve Oh-laydi-yay-oh-laydi-yay-oh-lad i-yii Once I had lots of money and I rattled it all the time I had lots of money and I rattled it all the time But now all I hear rattlin' is this ball and chain of mine Oh-laydi-yay-oh-laydi-yay-oh-lad i-yii When I was a singer I had girls by the score When I was a singer I had girls by the score But now I'm married and they don't love me no more