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Title
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Here's my sister Betsy
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Singer
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Tanner, Charles
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
Here's my sister Betsy, much younger than I am,
Had nine or ten offers, and yet she denied them;
Before she was twenty she'd a son and a daughter,
Here am I, six and thirty, and had not one offer.
Chorus
A linman, a tinman, a tinker, a tailor,
A feller, a peller, a ploughboy, a sailor,
Gentle or simple, or foolish or witty,
Me die an old maid! Pray, take me for pity.
Verse 2
I'll make a good wife, I won't scold nor be jealous,
I'll give him some money to spend at the alehouse,
While I stay at home, both busy and saving,
So judge me, my friend, if I'm not worth your having.
Chorus
