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 _____________ recorded by Martha Schlamme SOF
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