The Old Maid - The Wolfe Tones

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

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

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'

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