EBBA 34135
National Library of Scotland - Crawford
| The Cuckold's Lamentation / of a Bad WIFE. / He is tormented, and she Tanns his Hide, / He knows not how to live, nor where to abide; / Besides she makes him for to wear the Horn, / And he wishes that he never had been born: / To all young Batchelours now he does declare, / When they goe a Wooing for to have a Care, / There's is many Maids good, but some proves evil, / His Luck was bad, he met with a She-Devil. | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball / in Pye=corner. |
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| Collection | National Library of Scotland - Crawford |
| Location | National Library of Scotland |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1444 |
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| Title | The Cuckold's Lamentation / of a Bad WIFE. / He is tormented, and she Tanns his Hide, / He knows not how to live, nor where to abide; / Besides she makes him for to wear the Horn, / And he wishes that he never had been born: / To all young Batchelours now he does declare, / When they goe a Wooing for to have a Care, / There's is many Maids good, but some proves evil, / His Luck was bad, he met with a She-Devil. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of The Country Farmer. Or, Why are my Eyes still flow------ing. |
| First Lines | YOung Batchelours all, come hear this new Song, / And take warning by me, lest you do your selves wrong |
| Refrain | A Man needs no more Sorrow to shorten his Life, / When he has such hard Fortune to have a bad Wife. [with variation] |
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