[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.

[Verse]
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 any,
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.

[Verse]
I had a sister Susie, 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.

[Verse]
I never will be scolding, I never will be jealous,
My husband will have money to go to the alehouse,
While here's there a-drinking I'll be home a-saving,
And I'll leave it to the world if I am worth having.

[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.