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1. Marriage is a Bother O (continued)

   

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   But bear in mind, you soon will find,
   The lad's an ugly bargain O,
   And ere his weaned, may I be brained,
   If you'll be worth a farthing O.

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   For when he brays, your Peggy says,
   Come here and mind your laddie O
   He's cross and sore, and just all o'er
   The picture of his daddy O.

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   Then like a fool you'll take your stool,
   And nigh the cradle draw it, O,
   And there you'll keep till Lad's asleep,
   Hushaw, hushaw, hushaw in O

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   If in the night he roars with fright,
   You must get up and stop him O,
   While Peggy cries "Why dang your eyes,
   Yon idiot, can't you rock him O.

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   When Pat is reared, be then prepared,
   To rock and care another O,
   And when that's done you're an old man,
   Quite gray with care and bother O.

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   Yet married life wth all its strife,
   Its crosses and its troubles O,

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