Also known as "Take Her Out of Pity", "Sister Susan", "The Spinster's Lament", "Old Maid's Complaint", "Old Maid's Lament," and "Old Maid's Petition". The song is derived from the broadside ballad "The Wooing Maid", a song which dates to the seventeenth century. The Old Maid's Song has been recorded many times by many different people including The Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger and Peggy Seeger. I learned it from The Kingston Trio.