Unhappy Jeremiah.I’d often heard of married life, of pleasures without equal,So I resolved to take a wife, but only mark the sequel.But while my sorrows I relate, don’t try to raise my ire,For oh, I’ve often cursed the fate of unhappy Jeremiah.I courted Jane, the milliner, her parents were my betters,But soon I had enough of her, when fast bound in wedlock fetters.For we had a boarder of our own, a man she did admire,And oft with him she’d be alone in spite of Jeremiah.Remonstrating was all in vain, she’d always be my master,And if I tried to stop her tongue, ’twas sure to run the faster.One day she ask’d this man to tea, she told me to retire,I left her sitting on his knee, what a treat for Jeremiah!Now we had two children of our own, and oft I had to mind ’em,And when she walk’d with other men, I had to walk behind ’em.But what is more to my disgrace, oh, lord, I feel on fire,The children didn’t look in the face a bit like Jeremiah.Oh, I’d been to work quite hard one day, when to my home returning,I found my wife had ran away, and all my offers spurning.Of reason I was near bereft, folks thought I would expire,For oh, she took the goods and left the brats for Jeremiah.
Unhappy Jeremiah.I’d often heard of married life, of pleasures without equal,So I resolved to take a wife, but only mark the sequel.But while my sorrows I relate, don’t try to raise my ire,For oh, I’ve often cursed the fate of unhappy Jeremiah.I courted Jane, the milliner, her parents were my betters,But soon I had enough of her, when fast bound in wedlock fetters.For we had a boarder of our own, a man she did admire,And oft with him she’d be alone in spite of Jeremiah.Remonstrating was all in vain, she’d always be my master,And if I tried to stop her tongue, ’twas sure to run the faster.One day she ask’d this man to tea, she told me to retire,I left her sitting on his knee, what a treat for Jeremiah!Now we had two children of our own, and oft I had to mind ’em,And when she walk’d with other men, I had to walk behind ’em.But what is more to my disgrace, oh, lord, I feel on fire,The children didn’t look in the face a bit like Jeremiah.Oh, I’d been to work quite hard one day, when to my home returning,I found my wife had ran away, and all my offers spurning.Of reason I was near bereft, folks thought I would expire,For oh, she took the goods and left the brats for Jeremiah.
Unhappy Jeremiah.I’d often heard of married life, of pleasures without equal,So I resolved to take a wife, but only mark the sequel.But while my sorrows I relate, don’t try to raise my ire,For oh, I’ve often cursed the fate of unhappy Jeremiah.I courted Jane, the milliner, her parents were my betters,But soon I had enough of her, when fast bound in wedlock fetters.For we had a boarder of our own, a man she did admire,And oft with him she’d be alone in spite of Jeremiah.Remonstrating was all in vain, she’d always be my master,And if I tried to stop her tongue, ’twas sure to run the faster.One day she ask’d this man to tea, she told me to retire,I left her sitting on his knee, what a treat for Jeremiah!Now we had two children of our own, and oft I had to mind ’em,And when she walk’d with other men, I had to walk behind ’em.But what is more to my disgrace, oh, lord, I feel on fire,The children didn’t look in the face a bit like Jeremiah.Oh, I’d been to work quite hard one day, when to my home returning,I found my wife had ran away, and all my offers spurning.Of reason I was near bereft, folks thought I would expire,For oh, she took the goods and left the brats for Jeremiah.
I’d often heard of married life, of pleasures without equal,So I resolved to take a wife, but only mark the sequel.But while my sorrows I relate, don’t try to raise my ire,For oh, I’ve often cursed the fate of unhappy Jeremiah.
I’d often heard of married life, of pleasures without equal,
So I resolved to take a wife, but only mark the sequel.
But while my sorrows I relate, don’t try to raise my ire,
For oh, I’ve often cursed the fate of unhappy Jeremiah.
I courted Jane, the milliner, her parents were my betters,But soon I had enough of her, when fast bound in wedlock fetters.For we had a boarder of our own, a man she did admire,And oft with him she’d be alone in spite of Jeremiah.
I courted Jane, the milliner, her parents were my betters,
But soon I had enough of her, when fast bound in wedlock fetters.
For we had a boarder of our own, a man she did admire,
And oft with him she’d be alone in spite of Jeremiah.
Remonstrating was all in vain, she’d always be my master,And if I tried to stop her tongue, ’twas sure to run the faster.One day she ask’d this man to tea, she told me to retire,I left her sitting on his knee, what a treat for Jeremiah!
Remonstrating was all in vain, she’d always be my master,
And if I tried to stop her tongue, ’twas sure to run the faster.
One day she ask’d this man to tea, she told me to retire,
I left her sitting on his knee, what a treat for Jeremiah!
Now we had two children of our own, and oft I had to mind ’em,And when she walk’d with other men, I had to walk behind ’em.But what is more to my disgrace, oh, lord, I feel on fire,The children didn’t look in the face a bit like Jeremiah.
Now we had two children of our own, and oft I had to mind ’em,
And when she walk’d with other men, I had to walk behind ’em.
But what is more to my disgrace, oh, lord, I feel on fire,
The children didn’t look in the face a bit like Jeremiah.
Oh, I’d been to work quite hard one day, when to my home returning,I found my wife had ran away, and all my offers spurning.Of reason I was near bereft, folks thought I would expire,For oh, she took the goods and left the brats for Jeremiah.
Oh, I’d been to work quite hard one day, when to my home returning,
I found my wife had ran away, and all my offers spurning.
Of reason I was near bereft, folks thought I would expire,
For oh, she took the goods and left the brats for Jeremiah.