Old Man Can't Keep His Wife at Home, The

DESCRIPTION: "The old man can't keep his wife at home, She dearly loves abroad to roam" and it picky about her food. She goes out eating and drinking. The old man sets a stone above the door; it hits the wife in the head and she died
AUTHOR: "reconstructed" by Sabine Baring-Gould
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: husband wife food drink separation homicide
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #118, "The Old Man Can't Keep His Wife at Home" (1 text, 1 tune, "reconstructed" to fill out a forgotten tale)
File: BGSW118

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