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You know I met you,
Kist you, and prest you close within my arms,
With all the read more
You know I met you,
Kist you, and prest you close within my arms,
With all the tenderness of wifely love.
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.
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.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.
Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life!
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
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Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life!
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray!
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first
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.
Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and
old men's nurses.
Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and
old men's nurses.
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.