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If I only had a wife,
 * Surely I’d drink water.

In a beer room, by my life,
 * Never I would saunter.

If I only had a wife,
 * I’d go home at evening;

Not a friend, and not a strife,
 * Then would stop my leaving.

If I only had a wife,
 * A simple forest thrush,

I would sing, and I would fife,
 * At home, till she said, “Hush.”

If I only had a wife,
 * Were she little and wee,

I’d stay by her, by my life,
 * And ne’er go on a spree.