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26 Sep 00 - 03:31 PM (#305952) Subject: Take Her Out Of Pity From: SINSULL I remember this from a 60s album but can't remember all the lyrics. I had a sister Sally She was older than I am Had so many sweethearts She had to deny them But as for sister Sarah You know she hasn't many And if you knew her heart She'd be grateful for any Come a landsman, a kinsman, a tinker or a tailor A doctor, a lawyer, a soldier or a sailor A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty Don't let her die an old maid But take her out of pity. |
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26 Sep 00 - 03:33 PM (#305953) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: Pene Azul You can get the lyrics on this page (click). Jeff |
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26 Sep 00 - 03:45 PM (#305962) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: SINSULL Thanks, Jeff. Is that a record? |
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26 Sep 00 - 03:47 PM (#305964) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: Pene Azul No, we've hit 2 minutes before. |
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26 Sep 00 - 03:54 PM (#305970) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: Joe Offer What bugs me is that Pene can come up with a two-minute replay and not even work up a sweat. I don't know how he does it. -Slow Joe, who once held the three-minute record- |
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26 Sep 00 - 03:58 PM (#305977) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: SINSULL Joe, Does this help?...."Slow and steady wins the race." |
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26 Sep 00 - 04:24 PM (#305991) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: Joe Offer Well, no, sinsull, that doesn't help at all - but I take consolation in the belief that I'm far better-looking than Pene is.. (grin) -Joe- |
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26 Sep 00 - 04:56 PM (#306015) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: GUEST,Bruce O. See "The Love Sick Maid" on the Bodley Ballds website (in Mudcat's Links), and for versions back to 1636 see "The Old Maid's complaint" in the Scarce Songs 1 file on my website (in Mudcat's Links). |
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26 Sep 00 - 06:22 PM (#306075) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: GUEST,Bruce O. I've now added Martin Parker's original version, "The Wooing Maid", 1636, to the texts in the Scarce Songs 1 file on my website (in Mudcat's Links). |
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26 Sep 00 - 08:04 PM (#306157) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: Susan of DT Sinsull - If you had put [out of pity] in the search box, you would have found the version you were looking for yourself. There are actually at least 7 versions in the DT, plus some cousins. If you search for oldmaid* you will find quite a few. We should probably put a DT number on it. |
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26 Sep 00 - 08:12 PM (#306162) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: GUEST,Bruce O. Why not put the Roud number on it? It's Roud# 802. It would be a good idea, but a lot of work, to put Roud numbers on all in DT that have Roud numbers. R802 ?
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26 Sep 00 - 08:40 PM (#306175) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: Rasta The kingston trio cut this song on an album called Close Up with John Stewart,--rastaaaaaa |
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27 Sep 00 - 02:54 PM (#306727) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: SINSULL Susan, I put "Take her put of pity" in the search and got nothing. The DT hates me. I don't know why but she hates me. Mary, whining. |
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27 Sep 00 - 02:56 PM (#306732) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: SINSULL Just put it in again and it took me to AllanC's thread and the lyrics. Still whining. Mary |
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27 Sep 00 - 07:15 PM (#306914) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: poet also Check out Gary and Vera Aspey Recordings Graham (Guernsey) |
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27 Sep 00 - 08:32 PM (#306973) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Take Her Out Of Pity From: Mrrzy I knew the chorus, but never recalled the verses. I think we had this by the Kingston Trio (Phil Ochs???) when I was a wee one. However, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem do a great version called Old Maid in the Garret (so come landsman or come tinsman, 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 that will marry me for pity!) - in which there is a line about If I can't get a man, then I'll have to get a parrot, which I always sing as I'll have to get a carrot - makes more sense to me, it isn't the one-sided conversation I miss! |