| Lyrics: | 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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@marriage
recorded by
Matha Schlamme
filename[ OLDMAID1
SF
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