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Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions
of a wife are a continual dropping.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions
of a wife are a continual dropping.
What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, read more
What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,
When friendship, love, and peace combine
To stamp the marriage-bond divine?
The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
She could not think, but would not cease to speak.
The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
She could not think, but would not cease to speak.
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.
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
Without thee I am all unblessed,
And wholly blessed in thee alone.
Without thee I am all unblessed,
And wholly blessed in thee alone.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first