An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills. Compounded of witty ballads, jovial songs, and merry catches.

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Title: An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills. Compounded of witty ballads, jovial songs, and merry catches.
Author: J. P.
Publication: London :: printed for John Playford at his shop in the Temple,; 1669.
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Subject terms: English wit and humor
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A Ballad. Of A Good Wife and a Bad.

To the Tune of When Fortune was so Kind.

SOme VVives are Good and some are Bad,
(Reply) Me thinks you touch them now,
And some will make their Husbands mad,
(Cho.) And so will my Wife too:
And my Wife and thy Wife,
And my Wife so will do.

Some VVomen love to breed discord,
Me thinks, &c.
And some will have the latter word,
(Cho.) And so will my Wife too:
And my Wife, &c.

Some VVomen will Spin, and some will Sow,
Me thinks &c.
And some will to the Tavern go,
(Cho.) And so will my Wife too:
And my Wife, &c.

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Some women will say thei'r sick at Heart,
Me thinks, &c.
And some will let a rousing Fart,
(Cho.) And so will my Wife too:
And my, &c.

Some women will ban, and some will curse,
Me thinks, &c.
And some will pick their Husbands Purse,
(Cho.) And so will my Wife too:
And my, &c.

Some women will Brawle, and some will Scold,
Me thinks, &c.
And some will make their Husbands Cuckold,
(Cho.) And so will my wife too:
And my, &c.

Some women will drink, and some will not,
Me thinks, &c.
And some will take the to'ther Pot,
(Cho.) And so will my Wife too:
And my, &c.

Some women are sick, and some are sound,
Me thinks, &c.
And some will take it on the Ground,
(Cho.) And so will my wife too:
And my, &c.

Thus of my song Ile make an end,
Me thinks, &c.
Hoping all women will amend,
(Cho.) And so will my Wife too:
And my Wife, &c.

An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills. Compounded of witty ballads, jovial songs, and merry catches.

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A Ballad. Of A Good Wife and a Bad.

description Page 59

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