And homes must suffer, and babes must cry,

And husbands must ever be groaning.

Three women were showing their husbands with glee

Their bargains at prices that never were beat,

Three husbands, all starving and mad as could be

Were tossing the bargains out into the street.

For men don’t know when bargains are cheap

And women, poor creatures do nothing but weep,

And husbands must ever be groaning.

Anonymous.