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of which I am wondrous proud,
my wife to the same did agree,
And if liberty was not allow'd,
the d—l should have had her for me.
Oft times have I crossed the seas,
where thundering cannons do roar,
But now I live at may ease,
drinking humming good liquor galore:
I'll east off my tarpauling sags.
and on with some clothes that are free,
My wife had abundance of bags,
o the d should have had her for me.
Her husband when he was alive,
he liv'd upon usury then,
He made it his trade to contrive,
to cheat and defraud honest men;
Bat now he is laid in the dust,
and I'm her young husband to be,
She show'd me her riches at first,
or, the d—l should have had her for me.
Old wives love men that are young:
young men love money like wise,
Court them with a flattering, tongue,
and soon theyll surrender the prize:
