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Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.
An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.
 Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
 To find such numbers who will serve instead:
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 Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
 To find such numbers who will serve instead:
  And in whatever state a man be thrown,
   'Tis that precisely they would wish their own. 
 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. 
 Without thee I am all unblessed,
 And wholly blessed in thee alone.  
 Without thee I am all unblessed,
 And wholly blessed in thee alone. 
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
 It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to 
it before her. Discipline must read more 
 It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to 
it before her. Discipline must be maintained. 
There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife
There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife
 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the 
bread of idleness.  
 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the 
bread of idleness.