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Title
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Old Adam
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Singer
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Barrett, Alfred [Tibby]
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
When Adam he was first created,
And lord of the universe crowned,
His happiness was not completed,
Until that a helpmate was found.
Verse 2
He'd all things in food that were wanting,
To keep and support him in life,
He'd horses and foxes for hunting,
Which some men love more than a wife.
Verse 3
He'd a garden so planted by nature,
Man cannot produce in his life,
Yet the all-wise creator,
Still saw that he wanted a wife.
Verse 4
Then Adam he lay in a slumber,
And there he lost part of his side,
And when he awoke with a wonder,
He beheld his most beautiful bride.
Verse 5
In transport he gazed upon her,
His happiness now was complete,
He praised his beautiful donor,
Who had thus bestowed him a mate.
Verse 6
She was not took out of his head sir,
To reign and triumph over man;
Nor was she took out of his feet sir,
By man to be trampled upon.
Verse 7
But she was took out of his side sir,
His equal and partner to be,
But as they're united in one sir,
The man is the top of the tree.
Verse 8
Then let not the fair be despised
By man, as she's part of himself,
For woman by Adam was prized
More than the whole world full of wealth.
Verse 9
Man without woman's a beggar,
Suppose the whole world he possessed;
And the beggar that's got a good woman,
With more than the world he is blest.
