Me mamie sent me walking one fine day,
Who should I meet along the way,
But a fine young man in a fine blue suit,
Who looked me over head to boot.

What is your age he asked me boldly,
I’ll be sixteen come next sunday,
Marry me tomorrow, be my wife,
I’ll not wait one minute more.

Now that we’re married nine months gone,
Where’s your family ? asked me Mamie,
Better get a move on, make me a grandson,
I’ll not wait for nine months more.

Couldn’t have a son and couldn’t have a daughter,
Getting through the day on bread and water,
Thought that I could see an eternity,
Of lonely days more lonely nights.

But Tommy went to war and never sent I letter,
I found a man that I liked better,
Now that we’re married six years gone,
We’ve made six kids and we want six more.

Then one day came a knock upon the door,
Who could it be but the old Tommy,
What could I do but welcome him anew,
And I left my family for the man in blue.

Now that I’m old and living all alone,
No more Tommy, no more family,
Feeling so free to be just me,
Oh this is what it is to be happy.

So free, to be me, So free, to be happy.
Living all alone, free to be Living all alone.
Nobody at home, nobody, Nobody at home.
So good to be alone, so good to be Good to be alone.