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 196 Ballads, etc. She was not took out of his head, To reign or to triumph o'er man : She was not took out of his feet, By man to be trampled upon. But she was took out of his side. His equal and partner to be : Though they are united in one, Still the man is the top of the tree. Then let not the fair be despised By man, as she's part of himself; For a woman by Adam was prized More than the whole world with its pelf. Then man without woman's a beggar, Tho' of the whole world he's possessed ; And a beggar that has a good woman, With more than the world he is blest. A Fox WENT FORTH. A FOX went forth one moonshining night. And he prayed to the moon to give him good light. For he'd many miles to trot that night, Before he got home to his den O, His den O, his den O. For he'd many miles to trot that night, Before he got home to his den O. And when he came unto a wood. As on his hinder legs he stood, A little bit of goose will do me good. Before I get home to my den O. My den O, my den O.