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FREEDOM.
Man to be free must bear the axe,
And every other tool he lacks;
And if you wish to starve and fall,
Throw by the mattock and the mawl.
And every other tool he lacks;
And if you wish to starve and fall,
Throw by the mattock and the mawl.
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If one for me has cut a path,
And I prefer to take the woods;
I must incur from justice wrath,
And folly leads from every good.
And I prefer to take the woods;
I must incur from justice wrath,
And folly leads from every good.
I soon am free and fall to play,
And just as soon I miss the way;
Poverty travels close behind,
And he becomes to pleasure blind.
And just as soon I miss the way;
Poverty travels close behind,
And he becomes to pleasure blind.
Early he wants to take a wife,
And that is nothing but a name;
As soon he enters into strife,
Or early enters into shade.
And that is nothing but a name;
As soon he enters into strife,
Or early enters into shade.
Mark and let the wife alone,
And all you gain is but your own;
A humid woman bearing rule,
Is seldom better than a mule.
And all you gain is but your own;
A humid woman bearing rule,
Is seldom better than a mule.
She's not what may be supposed,
For he has not her deeds disclosed;
'Tis she has gotten you by the hand,
To pull you at her own command.
For he has not her deeds disclosed;
'Tis she has gotten you by the hand,
To pull you at her own command.
If once a woman gets the start,
One or the other may depart;
For if with ease he drives the plow,
She soon will have him milk the cow.
One or the other may depart;
For if with ease he drives the plow,
She soon will have him milk the cow.
You thus will find it far the best,
To fix your plan before you wed;
Or else be ever robbed of rest,
Whether without or in the bed.
To fix your plan before you wed;
Or else be ever robbed of rest,
Whether without or in the bed.
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Children will soon harth around.
And every one demands his bread;
And nought or little will be found,
To raise them almost from the dead.
And every one demands his bread;
And nought or little will be found,
To raise them almost from the dead.
Instead of rising free he's bound,
Cast by his freedom in the ground;
Brought by his idol down so low,
He's ashamed his head to show.
Cast by his freedom in the ground;
Brought by his idol down so low,
He's ashamed his head to show.
You'll find the word a bad mistake,
We then the judge must deep reprove;
Set not your pleasure thus at stake,
To marry first and work for love.
We then the judge must deep reprove;
Set not your pleasure thus at stake,
To marry first and work for love.
If you are free, be free indeed,
Be sure at home to take the lead;
Subdue your wife's destructive wave,
Nor let her bear you down a slave.
Be sure at home to take the lead;
Subdue your wife's destructive wave,
Nor let her bear you down a slave.
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