Ye Housewife

Ye Butcher, Ye Baker,Ye Candlestick-Maker

Ye Butcher, Ye Baker,Ye Candlestick-Maker

Ye Housewife

Ye Housewife

Ye Housewife in her kitchen white,She scours ye pots and pans;She kneads ye bread, and bakes it too,With ever busy hands.Ye children she sends off to school,And then doth sew and darn,And knits ye goodman mitts and hoseOf honest homespun yarn.Yet though she toileth all ye day,She hath no cause to fret:Ye Adversary hath not madeYe Modern Servant yet.

Ye Housewife in her kitchen white,She scours ye pots and pans;She kneads ye bread, and bakes it too,With ever busy hands.Ye children she sends off to school,And then doth sew and darn,And knits ye goodman mitts and hoseOf honest homespun yarn.Yet though she toileth all ye day,She hath no cause to fret:Ye Adversary hath not madeYe Modern Servant yet.

Ye Housewife in her kitchen white,

She scours ye pots and pans;

She kneads ye bread, and bakes it too,

With ever busy hands.

Ye children she sends off to school,

And then doth sew and darn,

And knits ye goodman mitts and hose

Of honest homespun yarn.

Yet though she toileth all ye day,

She hath no cause to fret:

Ye Adversary hath not made

Ye Modern Servant yet.

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