The Farmer's Wife

It came into her mind, seeing how the clothes Were dirty, and the water needed drawing again How hard, how drear the work on the farm goes And chickens needed feed'n, hogs needed water Why women and not men were expected to tend To all these hard chores, and not go to the shore To explore, play, and stay, taking all day to get away To relax not totally be tired out at the end of the day He couldn't understand why she was so tired Never felt like being the turtle dove That he wanted at the end of the day to love To hold for just a few minutes of consecrated Attention, to share what he felt and wanted; Why he talked to the mule more dedicated Words, than she talked to him at night I'll just get me another life with another wife