I Wish to My Lord I Was Single Again

DESCRIPTION: An aged, lame miser marries a twenty-one year old "silly young maid." He can't please her in speech, bed, or trying to help around the house. She scorns or beats him. He would be happy "if she should sicken and happen to die"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1839 (broadside, Bodleian Bod18614 Firth c.20(66))
KEYWORDS: age shrewishness infidelity marriage clothes dancing party sex rejection violence food ordeal
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Owens-TexasFolkSongs-1ed, pp. 246-248, "I Wish to My Lord I Was Single Again" (1 text, 1 tune)
Owens-TexasFolkSongs-2ed, p. 124, "I Wish to My Lord I Was Single Again" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #17190
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Bod18614 Firth c.20(66), "Silly Young Maid" ("I am an old miser both aged and lame"), J. Catnach (London), 1813-1838; also Bod5931 Harding B 17(285b), Bod11747 Harding B 11(3519A), Bod2429 Harding B 11(3842), Bod13966 Harding B 11(752), Bod20866 Harding B 20(18), Bod12593 Harding B 11(3520), "Silly Young Maid"
File: Ow2E124

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