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have a wife, a wife, a wife, 01 k's afmarc to ray heart, it's a rack to my back,
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And to my bdly too.
Scarcely was be wedded
Full a fourt. nights fpsce,
Fo?fhat he was in a heavy cafe ;
Largely 773$ ht^beadeil,
And hi; cheeks look'd tbin :
And to repent hf did thus begin ;
A figforfuth awifcj a wifciavvirs:
O '. ■wvhat a iife do ! lead,
U'srh a Tvife in my bsd :
i may not teU yoa.
I O! there to bave a wif« a wife,a wife j
\ O'. it'sarinart to my heart j i
^ It's a rack fo my back.- |
I Aadtomy belly too.
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J Be lesrn'd by ctying VVill s
IWhi-n yc are vyiill, to rensaia foftilJ-
Better for to tarry, _
And alone so ly,
"fken like a iFoo! vvicfi a fool to cry,
A fig for Aicb a wife, a »if£, a (fife :
' llhsr a life do I lead*
With a wife ju my bed J
1 may BOt till you.
Oltbere to have a wife, a jcife-.a wife
it's a Tmart to my heart,
It's ;i rack to my back.
And to my belly too.
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