Anonymous, The Sailor's Wife's Policy, or… (1802)
“ To cheat and to wrong your poor wife of her due. You threaten me too with a very good cheer, As banging my hide, which I never can bear; You know the old proverb indeed without doubt, You may beat Old Nick in but you’ll ne’er beat him out. ”
Anonymous, The Sailor's Wife's Policy, or… (1802)
“ For good luck or bad luck I'd never fear, For I am resolv'd to be marry'd this year. SHE. O stay John, stay John, why in such a haste! I will be your true love as long as life lasts, For good luck or bad luck then I'll never fear, For I am resolv'd to be marry'd this year. ”
Anonymous, The Sailor's Wife's Policy, or… (1802)
“ A Man that is marry'd had better be hang'd, For his wife like an imp at his elbow doth stand, Crying, Sirrah, go, go; and Sirrah, come, come, A poor man is never easy abroad nor at home. If he goes to the alehouse to drink with a friend, His wife follows after to see what he spends ”
