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4.129 R177935 1 I met with a country Lass, etc. Aye, Marry, and Thank You Too I Met with a Country Lass I Marry'd a Scolding Wife,/ which causes to me much woe, It is but a Word and a Blow. [with variations] see also 4.135, verso pasted down; cropped title: [?THE]/ Hen-peckt CUCKOLD . . . Pepys 4.129 Wing H1453A Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 4: 129 THE/ Hen-peckt CUCKOLD:/ OR,/ The Cross=grain'd Wife, [THE] Hen-peckt CUCKOLD: OR, The Cross-grain'd Wife. The Hen-pecked Cuckold: Or, the Cross-grained Wife. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 194 x 327 cropped top edge, creased and damaged surface, verso shows through cast fleurons Printer J. Millet 1685 Printed and Sold by J. Millet, next door to the Flower-de-Luce, in Little Brittain. J. Millet PBA

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I Marry'd a Scolding Wife, which causes to me much woe, She leads me such a cross-grain'd life, it is but a Word and a Blow. I pleased her well at first, she nothing but Smiles did show, But now she's grown so plaguy Curst, It is but a Word and a Blow. I Labour early and late, and all for to serve my Froe, But when I've done, she breaks my pate It is but a Word and a Blow.
I study both night and day, to bring her to my Bow; But all my Care is cast away, For 'tis but a Word and a Blow. Sometimes I meet with a Friend, and to the Alehouse we go, But if I chance a Groat to spend, It is but a Word and a Blow. She makes me to Sweep the House, and Dishes to Wash also; And ev'ry foot gives me a Douse, It is but a Word and a Blow.
THe Cradle she makes me Rock, while she does a Gadding go, And all my fare's a Bit and a Knock, It is but a Word and Blow. She'll Cuckold me to my face, and over me stand and Crow; If I complain of this Disgrace, It is but a Word and a Blow. My Dearest, said I, one night, why do you so Cruel grow? She straight began to Scratch and Bite It was but a Word and a Blow. Next day I took heart of Grace, and Angry began to grow; But she gave me a slap o'th Face, It was but a Word and a Blow.
I took up a Wooden Can, and thinking at her to throw, She knock'd me down with Frying-pan It was a Word and a Blow. So let me do what I cou'd, she never wou'd better grow; For she was of a Fighting Brood, It was but a Word and a Blow. This makes me weary of Life, I care not whether I go; So I can live but from my Wife, That makes but a Word and a Blow. Let him that a Widdow Wooes. or Courts a Maid for his Froe, Take her down in her Wedding-Shooes Else 'tis but a Word and Blow.
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Printed and Sold by J. Millet, next door to the Flower-de-Luce, in Little-Brittain.