Then listen to me!
If you would live happy together,
As you steer through the troubles of life,
Depend that this world’s greatest treasure,
Is a kind and a good-tempered wife.
Some men will ill-use a good woman,
And say all they do turns out wrong,
But as I mean to offend no one,
You’ll find faults to both sides belong;
But if both were to look at the bright side,