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Old Maid In a Garrett

I was told by my aunt,
I was told by my mother
That going to a weddin'
Is the makings of another.
And if this be so then
I'll go without a biddin',
Oh kind providence
Won't you send me to a weddin'

Chorus

And it's Oh Dear Me! How will it be,
If I die an Old Maid in the Garret?

Now there's my sister Jean,
She's not handsome or good-lookin'
Scarcely sixteen
And a fella she was courtin'
Now she's twenty-four
With a son and a daughter,
Here am I at forty-four*
And I've never had an offer!

Chorus

I can cook and I can sew,
I can keep the house right tidy,
Rise up in the morning
And get the breakfast ready,
There's nothing in this wide world
That makes my heart so cheery
As a wee fat man to call me
His own dearie!

Chorus

So come landsman, come townsman,
Come tinker or come tailor,
Come fiddler, come dancer,
Come ploughboy or come sailor,
Come rich man, come poor man,
Come fool or come witty,
Come any man at all!
Won't you marry me for pity?

Chorus

*The age varies with the singer.
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