| I had a sister Sally, she was younger than I am
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| Had so many sweethearts, she had to deny them
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| But as for sister Sarah, you know she hasn’t many
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| And if you knew her heart, she’d grateful for any
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| Come a lands man, a pins man, a tinker or a tailor; |
| doctor, a lawyer, soldier,
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| or sailor
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| A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty, don’t let her die an old maid but
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| take her out of pity
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| We had a sister Sally, she was ugly and misshapen
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| By the time she was sixteen years old she was taken
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| By the time she was eighteen, a son and a daughter
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| Sarah’s almost twenty-nine, never had an offer
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| Come a lands man, a pins man, a tinker or a tailor; |
| doctor, a lawyer, soldier,
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| or sailor
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| A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty, don’t let her die an old maid but
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| take her out of pity
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| She never would be scoldin'. |
| She never would be jealous
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| Her husband would have money to go to the alehouse
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| He was there a-spendin'. |
| She’d be home a-savin'
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| And I leave it up to you if she is not worth havin'
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| Come a lands man, a pins man, a tinker or a tailor; |
| doctor, a lawyer, soldier,
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| or sailor
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| A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty, don’t let her die an old maid but
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| take her out of pity |