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SOUR WINE, by                    
First Line: I met the wife who'd left me bed
Last Line: And let it go at that.
Alternate Author Name(s): Arbuthnott, John
Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Marriage; Quarrels; Male-female Relations; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Arguments; Disagreements


I met the wife who'd left me bed,
The wife I'd loved so true,
Wid a faded shawl on her ould head
And a scowl that'd stab ye through.

She eased her barrow of turf and stood
Wide-beamed in her rain-soaked clogs—
Yet wanst we'd kissed as lovers could,
And then fought like cats and dogs!

"You're lookin' your worst, you mangy cur,"
Says she, the damned ould cat.
"May you blister in hell," I answered her
And let it go at that.





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