Scolding Wife (VIII), The

DESCRIPTION: "Some men they do delight in hounds, And some in hawks take pleasure," but "There's no such joy as chiding." As soon as the wife opens her eyes, she begins to chide her husband. She regrets that she cannot chide while sleeping
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1719 (Pills to Purge Melancholy)
KEYWORDS: husband wife | shrew complaint chiding
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Logan-APedlarsPack, pp. 375-376, "The Scolding Wife" (1 text)
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, p. 156, "The Scolding Wife" (1 fragment)
Roud #5242
File: NeDe156

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