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 And while men have liberty

who wou'd bave a wife,

I'll go to the ale houſe,

a ſixpence for to ſpend,

I'll go to the ale houſe,

all for to treat a friend,

I have no wife to cold me,

I'm free from any ſtrife,

And while we have ſuch liberty,

who wou'd have a wife.

Drunk as I can be,

to my laſſe I go,

My laſſie ſhe receives me,

her mother ſays me no,

She gives a night's lodging,

to comfort my life,

While men have ſuch liberty,

who would have a wife,

But after in wedlock,

you mean to be tied,

The caſe it will be alter'd,

to you on every ſide,

Then you muſt provide,

for a proud ſcornfull wife