The Old Maid
By The Wolfe Tones (1999)
On album The Legendary Wolfe Tones, Vol. 1 (20 Golden Irish Ballads) (1999), Up the Rebels (1999), The Legendary Wolfe Tones, Vol. 1 (2009)
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(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
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)
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 Suzie, 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
Oh, I never will be scolding, I never will be jealous
My husband shall 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
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
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)
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 Suzie, 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
Oh, I never will be scolding, I never will be jealous
My husband shall 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
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