Take Her Out of Pity

Bob Shane / Nick Reynolds / John Stewart

© 1960 Atzel Music, Inc., New York, NY
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Nick Reynolds (vocal, guitar), Bob Shane (vocal, guitar), John Stewart (vocal, guitar), Buck Wheat (bass):
  Album: CLOSE-UP (Original Capitol LP record release) T/ST-1642 - 1961 -- TRACK TIME: (2:36) Album: THE BEST OF THE KINGSTON TRIO (Capitol Records LP record reissue of tracks previously available on original Capitol releases) - T/ST-1705 -- (c)(p) date N/A -- TRACK TIME: (2:36) Album: THE KINGSTON TRIO: THEIR GREATEST AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (Readers Digest CD re-issue of previously available tracks from assorted Capitol LP albums (1958-1964)) 093C - 1994 -- TRACK TIME: (2:36) Album: THE CAPITOL YEARS (Capitol four disk CD compilation of previously available tracks from the Dave Guard and John Stewart era Trios) CDP 7 96748 2 - 1995 -- TRACK TIME: (2:36) THE EP COLLECTION -- TRACK TIME: (N/A) Album: CLOSE-UP / COLLEGE CONCERT (Colllecror's Choice CD re-issue of previously available tracks from CLOSE-UP and COLLEGE CONCERT) WWCCM 0104X - 1999 THE STEWART YEARS - expected early in 2000
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The Kingston Trio: Their Greatest Hits and Finest Performances Take Her out of Pity (Shane-Reynolds-Stewart) John Stewart contributed many original tunes to The Kingston Trio, often working in collaboration with Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds. "Take Her out of Pity" is an appealing example of the camaraderie they shared not only as performers, but also as composers. Their 1961 album Close-Up, the first to feature Stewart after he replaced Dave Guard, yielded this gentle jewel.

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The Capitol Years 3: Take Her Out of Pity (Shane / Reynolds / Stewart) 2:36
Master #36382 recorded August 17, 1961
Album: CLOSE UP
"Take Her Out of Pity" is one of John Stewart's first featured lead vocals with the Trio, and it also boasts the prettiest melodies of the group's many songs. It would be the only track chosen from CLOSE UP o appear on what would eventually become their best all-time selling album, THE BEST OF THE KINGSTON TRIO. The track was also released (in 1962) as part of a new line of "Compact 33" singles (33 1/3 rpm instead of 45) that never caught on with record buyers.
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Take Her Out of Pity
I had a sister Sally, she was younger 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.

Chorus:
Come a lands man, a pins man, a tinker or a tailor;
doctor, a lawyer, soldier, or 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.

We had a sister Sally, she was ugly and misshapen.
By the time she was sixteen years old she was taken.
By the time she was eighteen, a son and a daughter.
Sarah's almost twenty-nine, never had an offer.

Chorus

She never would be scoldin'. She never would be jealous.
Her husband would have money to go to the alehouse.
He was there a-spendin'. She'd be home a-savin'
and I leave it up to you if she is not worth havin'.

Chorus

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