ɪn ɐn ɐmˈɛɹɪkən vˈɛɹiənt, fɹʌmðɪ ˈoʊzɑːɹks, ðə hˈɛɹoʊˌɪn ɹᵻzˈɑːlvd nˈɛvɚ tə mˈæɹi ænd nˈɛvɚ dˈɪd, bɪkˈʌz ʃiː hæd kəŋklˈuːdᵻd mˈɛn wɜː bˈæd; ʃiː dʒˈʌst stˈeɪd wɪð hɜːɹ ˈoʊn fˈæmɪli, hˌuː wɜː hˈæpi tə hˈæv hɜː.
In an American variant, from the Ozarks, the heroine resolved never to marry and never did, because she had concluded men were bad; she just stayed with her own family, who were happy to have her.