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O aye my wife she dang me,An’ aft my wife she bang’d me,If ye gie a woman a’ her will,Gude faith! she’ll soon o’er-gang ye.4On peace an’ rest my mind was bent,And, fool I was! I married;But never honest man’s intentSane cursedly miscarried.8
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O aye my wife she dang me,An’ aft my wife she bang’d me,If ye gie a woman a’ her will,Gude faith! she’ll soon o’er-gang ye.12Some sairie comfort at the last,When a’ thir days are done, man,My pains o’ hell on earth is past,I’m sure o’ bliss aboon, man,16
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O aye my wife she dang me,An’ aft my wife she bang’d me,If ye gie a woman a’ her will,Gude faith! she’ll soon o’er-gang ye.20