My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's / Designed as a Beacon Light to Guide Women to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, But Which May Be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, without Injury to Themselves or the Book

by Marietta Holley

Should say of her boy Harry,

I shall not give him any trade,

But bring him up to marry;

And would cause some fun, of course deah maids,

If Miss Wades’es Harry,

Should lose his end and aim in life,

And find no chance to marry.

Chorus.—Press onward, do not feah, sistehs, &c.

Yes, wedlock is our only hope,

All o’er this mighty nation;