Well I came into a scoldin wife a few short years ago And ever since I lead a life of misery and woe My wife she is a tyrant around the room and in I should sell her to the devil for a glass or two of gin
Sure I'll get up and go to work as mild as any man And she'll get up and dress herself and go and have her dram I never chance to say a word it's well I know my due She'll follow me with the fire n shovel up and down the room
And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again
When I get up at breakfast time she'll tap me on the head When I come home at dinner time I'll find her drunk in bed When I come home at supper time with patience I must stop Cause she drinks what's in the teapot and I must drink the slop
And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again
Well once I asked me scoldin wife if I could go to bed She scarce gave me an hour on the pillow to lay me head When like a roarin lion she came bustin down to the door She caught me by the middle an threw me naked on the floor
And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again
Now me and my campanions go to a public place She'll search around the neighbourhood until she finds my face She'll hoist me up and ridicule before the company Sayin Petticoats is your more and forever more she'll be
And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again
And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again
And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again And if the devil'd take her I'd thank him for his pain Oh I swear to God I'll hang meself if I get married again