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EBBA 37231

British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
My Wife will be my Master: / Or, The Married-mans Complaint against his unruly Wife.
Date Published 1678-1680 ?
Author
Standard Tune
Imprint [Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, I. Wright, J. Clarke,] W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger.
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Collection British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
Location British Library
Shelfmark C.22.f.6.(66.)
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Additional Information
  Part 1
Title My Wife will be my Master: / Or, The Married-mans Complaint against his unruly Wife.
Tune Imprint The Tune is, A Taylor is a man.
First Lines AS I was walking forth of late, / I heard a Man complaining,
Refrain But if ever I am a Widdower, / and another wife do marry, / I mean to keep her poor and bare, / and the purse I mean to carry.
Condition
Ornament
Notes Missing text in imprint supplied from EBBA 32697, "My Wife will be my Master: / Or, The Married-mans Complaint against his unruly Wife."