Listen all you rounders take a tip from me Listen all you rounders take a tip from me Dont you ever marry if you love your liberty Dont do it boy oh-laydi-yay-oh-laydi-yay-oh-ladi-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 shell find an ace up her sleeve oh-laydi-yay-oh-laydi-yay-oh-ladi-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-ladi-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 Im married and they dont love me no more