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Show IF YOU SHOULD EVER GET MARRIED If you should ever get married, John, I'll tell you what to do: Go get a little tenement Just big enough for two; And one spare room for company, And one spare bed within it - And if you begin love's life aright, You'd better thus begin it. In furniture be moderate, John, And let the stuffed chairs wait; One looking-glass will do for both Yourself and loving mate; And [unreadable], too, and other things, Which make a fine appearance, If you can better afford it, they Will look better a year hence. Some think they must have pictures, John, Superb and costly, too; Your wife will be a picture, John, Let that suffice for you. Remember how the wise man said, A tent and love within it Is better than a splendid house, With bickerings every minute. And one word as to cooking, John, Your wife can do the best, For love to make the biscuit rise, Is better far than yeast. No matter if each day you don't Bring turkey to your table- ‘Twill better relish by-an-by When you are better able. For all you buy pay money, John - Money that very day! If you would have your life run smooth, There is no better way. A note to pay is an ugly thing, If thing you choose to call it - When it hangs o'er a man who has No money in his wallet. And now when you are married, John Don't try to ape the rich; It took them many a toilsome year To gain their envied niche. And if you should gain the summit, John, Look well to your beginning; And then will all you wish repay The toil and care of winning. - Waverly |