Take Her Out Of Pity

I had a sister Sally, she was younger than I am

Had so many sweethearts, she had to deny them

But as for sister Sarah, you know she hasn't many

And if you knew her heart, she'd be grateful for any



Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailor

Doctor, a lawyer, soldier or a sailor

A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty

Don't let her die an old maid but take her out of pity



We had a sister Sally, she was ugly and misshapen

By the time she was sixteen years old she was taken

By the time she was eighteen, a son and a daughter

Sarah's almost twenty-nine, never had an offer



Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailor

Doctor, a lawyer, soldier or a sailor

A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty

Don't let her die an old maid but take her out of pity



She never would be scoldin', she never would be jealous

Her husband would have money to go to the alehouse

He was there a spendin'. she'd be home a savin'

And I leave it up to you if she is not worth havin'



Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailor

Doctor, a lawyer, soldier or a sailor

A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty

Don't let her die an old maid but take her out of pity



Don't let her die an old maid but take her out of pity