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 Than live with her when she goes mad, I rather far would die, The devil take the roaring Jade when she takes on the gee. Chor. The gee wife, the gee wife, &c.

My wife and I went out to fight, and she gave me my beats; For all that I was fit to do, my wife she wan the breeks.



She drave the piss-pot in my face, and near dang oat my eye; And by my sooth I canna guess, how my wife's ta'en the gee. Chor, The gee wife, the gee wife, &c.

She rave the hair out of my head, and then she rave my cheeks; And ay since that unhappy day, my wife she wears the breeks. I wish that she was sent abroad, ten miles beyond the sea I hope my wife should ne'er return, for to take on the gee. Chor. The gee wife, the gee wife, &c.