Wary Bachelors

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you wary bachelors, come listen unto me... Before my wife was married, she was a dainty thing," but now she never finishes her work, but dresses up and goes out. "If my wife and your wife were in one boat together," the singer would drown both
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Thomas-DevilsDitties)
KEYWORDS: wife hardtimes clothes warning
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thomas-DevilsDitties, pp. 126-127, "Wary Bachelors" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #8889
File: ThDD126

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