[Intro]
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[Verse]
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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
[Chorus]
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Come a landsman, a pins-man, a tinker or a tailor
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Doctor, a lawyer, a soldier or a sailor
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A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty
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Don't let her die an old maid, but take her out of pity
[Verse]
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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
[Chorus]
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Come a landsman, a pins-man, a tinker or a tailor
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Doctor, a lawyer, a soldier or a sailor
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A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty
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Don't let her die an old maid, but take her out of pity
[Verse]
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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-spending', she'd be home a-savin'
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And I leave it up to you, if she is not worth havin'
[Chorus]
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Come a landsman, a pins-man, a tinker or a tailor
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Doctor, a lawyer, a soldier or a sailor
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A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty
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Don't let her die an old maid, but take her out of pity
[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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Don't let her die an old maid, but take her out of pity