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Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first
All married women are not wives
All married women are not wives
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
Now voe me I can zing on my business abrode:
Though the storm do beat down on my poll,
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Now voe me I can zing on my business abrode:
Though the storm do beat down on my poll,
There's a wife brighten'd vire at the end of my road,
An' her love, voe the jay o' my soul.
My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst read more
My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst been
If we had never met!
And has that thought been shared by thee?
Ah, no! that smiling cheek
Proves more unchanging love for me
Than labor'd words could speak.
Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.
Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.
So bent on self-sanctifying,--
That she never thought of trying
To save her poor husband as well.
So bent on self-sanctifying,--
That she never thought of trying
To save her poor husband as well.
If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.