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A landsman, a kinsman, a tinker or a tailor,
Fiddler or a dancer, a ploughboy or a sailor;
Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty,
Don't let me die an old maid, just take me out of pity.
I had a sister Sally, who's younger than I am,
She had so many sweethearts she had to deny 'em;
As for my own world I never had any,
If you want to my heart, I'll be thankful for any.
A landsman, a kinsman, a tinker or a tailor,
Fiddler or a dancer, a ploughboy or a sailor;
Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty,
Don't let me die an old maid, just take me out of pity.
I had a sister Susie, was ugly and misshapen,
Before she was sixteen years old she was taken;
Before she was eighteen a son and a daughter,
Here am I at six and forty and nary an offer.
A landsman, a kinsman, a tinker or a tailor,
Fiddler or a dancer, a ploughboy or a sailor;
Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty,
Don't let me die an old maid, just take me out of pity.
I never will be stolen, I never will be jealous,
My husband will have money to go to the ale house;
While he's there and drinkin', I'll be home and savin',
And I'll leave it to the world if I am worth havin'.
A landsman, a kinsman, a tinker or a tailor,
Fiddler or a dancer, a ploughboy or a sailor;
Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty,
Don't let me die an old maid, just take me out of pity.
A landsman, a kinsman, a tinker or a tailor,
Fiddler or a dancer, a ploughboy or a sailor;
Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty,
Don't let me die an old maid, just take me out of pity.
