The Old Maid

[Chorus]
A landsman, a pinsman, 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, was younger than I am
She had so many sweethearts, she had to deny them;
As for my own part, I never had any
If you all knew my heart I'd be thankful for any

[Chorus]
A landsman, a pinsman, 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, six and forty and nairy an offer

[Chorus]
A landsman, a pinsman, 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 scoldin', I never will be jealous
My husband will have money to go to the alehouse
While here's there a-drinkin' I'll be home a-savin'
And I'll leave it to the world if I am worth havin'

[Chorus]
A landsman, a pinsman, 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