Текст песни The Wolfe Tones - The Old Maid

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Chorus: Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailer, Fiddler, or a dancer, ploughboy or a sailor, Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty, Don't let me die an old maid, but take me out of pity. Oh, 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 many, If you all knew my heart, I'd be thankful for any. Chorus: Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailer, Fiddler, or a dancer, ploughboy or a sailor, Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty, Don't let me die an old maid, but take me out of pity. Oh, I had a sister Susan, 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 nary an offer. Chorus: Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailer, Fiddler, or a dancer, ploughboy or a sailor, Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty, Don't let me die an old maid, but take me out of pity. Oh, I never will be scolding, I never will be jealous, My husband shall have money to go to the alehouse, While he's there a-spending, well, I'll be home a-saving, And I'll leave it to the world if I am worth having. Chorus: Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailer, Fiddler, or a dancer, ploughboy or a sailor, Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty, Don't let me die an old maid, but take me out of pity.

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