OLD MAID SONG

or TAKE ME OUT OF PITY



Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailor

A doctor, a lawyer, a soldier or a sailor

A rich man, a poor man, a fool, or a witty

Come any man at all who will take me out of pity



I had a sister Sally, who is younger than I am

She had so many suitors, she had to deny them

But as for my own self, you know I haven't any

And if you know my heart, I'd be thankful for any



I had a sister Sarah, she was ugly and misshapen

Before she was sixteen years old, she was taken

By the age of eighteen, a son and a daughter

And here am I at four and forty, never had an offer



I never would be scolding, I never would be jealous

My husband would have money to go to the alehouse

While he'd be there a spending, I'd be home a saving

Now I leave it up to you if I be not worth having

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recorded by Matha Schlamme

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