CAPTAIN MACHEATH.

"Which way shall I turn me? how shall I decide?

Wives, the day of our death, are as fond as a bride.

One wife is too much for most husbands to hear;

But two at a time, there's no mortal can bear.

This way, and that way, and which way I will,

What would comfort the one, t'other wife would take ill.

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