Woman's Work is Never Done, A

DESCRIPTION: The singer "heard a married woman say" that her life had been hard "ever since the time she was made a wife" because "a woman's work is never done." She rises early, prepares breakfast, cares for the children, etc. She warns against marriage
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1887 (Ashton)
KEYWORDS: warning hardtimes husband wife
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: John Ashton, _A Century of Ballads_, Elliot Stock, London, 1887; reprinted 1968 by Singing Tree Press, pp. 20-23, "A Woman's Work is Never Done" (1 text)
ST AsCB020 (Partial)
Roud #1717
NOTES [34 words]: Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime, pp. 557-559, has a song, "Woman's Work is Never Done." With only a single verse given, I can't tell if it is this or one of the several other songs on this theme. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.2
File: AsCB020

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography