Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SHEEPSHEARING MAN, by FRANCES EADES


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THE SHEEPSHEARING MAN, by                    
First Line: Now girls, please take my advice
Last Line: Ere you marry a sheepshearing man.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


Now girls, please take my advice
And think it over twice,
Even more if you can
Before you marry a sheepshearing man,
For before he leaves in the spring
He will promise you any old thing.
He is going from Texas to Idaho
And he is coming home with lots of dough.
There's a few things his wife knows --
When he gets home she'll have clothes.
There'll be bacon and butter and bread
And brand new blankets for the bed.
She will have a smart new lid
And some shoes for the kid.
And a lot of other useful things
When home the money he brings.
But it's sad to relate and no joke,
When he gets home, he is always broke.
Now girls it's always the same,
Just a part of the sheepshearing game.
So think it over twice if you can
Ere you marry a sheepshearing man.





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