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A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife
And while the wicket falls behind
Her steps, I thought if I could find
A wife I read more
And while the wicket falls behind
Her steps, I thought if I could find
A wife I need not blush to show
I've little further now to go.
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.
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
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.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.
An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable 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.
