The Housewife's Lament

Written by: [Traditional]
Language: English
Comments: aka "Life Is a Toil". Song dating back to the mid-1800s and purportedly the lyrics were obtained from the diary of a Sara A. Price of Ottawa, Illinois

As I was a-walking I heard a complaining,
I spied an old woman the picture of gloom.
She stared at the mud on her doorstep, 'twas raining,
And this was her song as she wielded her broom.
Life is a toil and love is a trouble,
Beauty will vanish and riches will flee,
Pleasures will dwindle and prices they double,
And nothing is as I would wish it to be.
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