A good wife makes a good husband

A good wife makes a good husband

She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.

She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough

Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough

He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.

He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

You know I met you,
Kist you, and prest you close within my arms,
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You know I met you,
Kist you, and prest you close within my arms,
With all the tenderness of wifely love.

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.

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.

Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.

Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.