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<DATE>2014-08-11</DATE>
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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140513.apex.</ITEM>
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<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="B27897">
<STC T="W">P720</STC>
<STC T="G">C.20.f.9[100]</STC>
<STC T="G">C.20.f.9[101]</STC>
<STC T="C">R216081</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99884629</BIBNO>
<VID>192659</VID>
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<DIV1 TYPE="song">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>The Patient Hushand, and the Scoulding VVife, Shewing how he doth complain of hard fortune he had to marry &s;uch a cro&s;s grain'd Q<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">an as &s;he was and he wi&s;hes all young men to be advi&s;ed to look before they l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">p.</HEAD>
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<Q><LG>
<L>You Batchellors where ere you be</L>
<L>This Coun&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">l here now take of me</L>
<L>Chu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e not a wife that <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> too pe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ci&s;e</L>
<L>For fear &s;he &s;hould p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">uck ou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> your eyes.</L>
</LG></Q>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, Bonny bonny bird.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>a man</FIGDESC>
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<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>a woman</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>ALl you gallants in City or Town&punc;</L>
<L>come li&s;ten a while to my &s;ong</L>
<L>To you ile relate with &s;&eacute;eking a mats</L>
<L><HI>how that I my &s;elf a done wrong brave boys</HI></L>
<L><HI>how that I my &s;elf a done wrong.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When as I was &s;ingle as &s;ome of you be</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> I was beloved like other young men,</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> liv'd at my ea&s;e and I did what I plea&s;s</L>
<L><HI>and the world it went well with me then brave boys</HI></L>
<L><HI>and the world it went well with me then</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> could ki&s;s a young M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">an<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;he'd never &s;&eacute;em coy</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> and &s;ometimes &s;he w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">uld ki<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">s me again,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">id perhaps at the la&s;t I c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">ld not her a boy</L>
<L><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> the world it went well with me then, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus bravely I liv'd without any contr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters"></L>
<L>and had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">lver good &s;tore lying by,</L>
<L><HI>I</HI> could &s;ing &amp; be merry drink White wine &amp; &s;herry&punc;</L>
<L><HI>then who but &s;weet William and I, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet I could not be con<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ent but a w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">ing i'd go</L>
<L>to get me a Wife of my own,</L>
<L>I get one at the l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t but &s;he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ves a &s;hrow</L>
<L><HI>and &s;ets horns where there never was none brave boys</HI></L>
<L><HI>and &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I married in ha&s;t but at lea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ure repent</L>
<L>I would be &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> fool'd by a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">if<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">;</L>
<L>She'l pout and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e'l l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">er &s;he'l frown and look &s;ower</L>
<L><HI>then I dare not &s;tir for my life b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ave boys</HI></L>
<L><HI>then, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<L>WH<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">n I went to Church I was led by two M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ids</L>
<L>and the M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ick did play galla<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">tly,</L>
<L>My Wife &s;he did dance and her <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L><HI>and &s;he skipt up and down like a fly, brave boys</HI></L>
<L><HI>and the, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But e're we'<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> b&eacute;en married one mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">th to an <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">nd</L>
<L>to &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters">h my Pockets &s;he &s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">s be an,</L>
<L>Sh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> took me~ by <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">he ear<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">, and &s;he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span">nt<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span">s</L>
<L><HI>oh the world it went ill with me then, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She turn'd me about and &s;he gave me a ro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">t</L>
<L>&s;uch a on<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> as I <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> had b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">for<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<L>Her hands wer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;o quick my &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;he did lick</L>
<L><HI>and did bear me till I did roar, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The more I did pray y^t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ha&s;e &s;torms they might cea&s;e</L>
<L>the lon<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">er I think <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">hey did <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ife,</L>
<L>The mor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> I did pray that we migh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> live in peace</L>
<L><HI>the more mi&s;chief &s;he &s;ti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">l did devi&s;e, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If that in an Ale-hou&s;e I chan&s;e for to pay</L>
<L>then pre&s;ently comes all my fea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">s.</L>
<L>I'a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ure to have blo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">s al&s;o bitter Oaths,</L>
<L><HI>If I be not wrung by the ears, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>One day we'd about, and I held h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">r too't</L>
<L>till with the Lad<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e &s;he broke all my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">o&s;e,</L>
<L>Nay wor&s;e then all this, m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> I be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;t,</L>
<L><HI>and in truth I befowl'd both my ho&s;e, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Surely the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">'s no man that liveth on earth</L>
<L>that hath &s;uch a cro&s;s wife as &s;he,</L>
<L>Which makes me to &s;wear, young men haven care</L>
<L><HI>for the ca&s;e it is alter'd with me, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thrice ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">y i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> he that hath a good wife</L>
<L>but far better's that young man</L>
<L>Th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">t &s;ettel<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> him&s;elf to live a &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">gle life</L>
<L><HI>then would I was unmarried again, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For the&s;e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ai<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">s are &s;o fal&s;e a man can't them tru&s;t</L>
<L>and &s;o much they are given to lies,</L>
<L>If a man he don't plea&s;e them at every turn</L>
<L><HI>then they'r ready to pluck out his eyes, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They'l kick fling &amp; throw, they'l fret &amp; they'l <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">own</L>
<L>as i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> was going mad you won'd &s;w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ar</L>
<L>And &s;ome Girls on their bellies more means will con&s;ume</L>
<L><HI>in one week than they'l get in a year, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The afore hone&s;t young men had n&eacute;ed to beware</L>
<L>for my part my own ruine i'be brough<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<L>And of flattering Dam&s;els to have a grea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> care&punc;</L>
<L><HI>for wits never good till 'tis bought, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> why experience <HI>I</HI> plainly do find</L>
<L>what troubles &s;ome men do uph<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">r'd</L>
<L>That hath a cro&s;s wife he's ne're &s;ure of his life&punc;</L>
<L><HI>to live quiet in bed nor at board, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;he hant her humour in every thing</L>
<L>then his head with the Lad<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e &s;he'l g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">et,</L>
<L>And at night <HI>I</HI> &s;uppo&s;e if he dont lo&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> clo&s;e</L>
<L><HI>then &s;he&punc;l kick him out at the beds feet, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>So Batchellors all now my leave Ile take</L>
<L>this coun&s;ell is good for all hone&s;t young men</L>
<L>If I was &s;hut of this q<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ean you know what <HI>I</HI> mean</L>
<L><HI>oh the world wou&punc;d go well with me than, brave boys</HI></L>
<L><HI>oh the world wou'd go well with me then.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P>Printed for W. Thackeray at the Golden Sugar-Loaf in Duck-Lane.</P>
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