The Capable Wife
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There was an old man who lived in a wood
As you will plainly see
He thought he could do more work in a day
Than his wife could do in three
With all my heart the old dame said
If you will me allow
You shall stay at home today
And I will hold the plough
And mind you milk the tiny cow
Lest she should go dry
And mind you feed the little pigs
That are within the sty
And mind you watch the speckled hen
Lest she should stray away
And don't forget the spool of yarn
That I spin every day
The old wife took a stick in her hand
And went to hold the plough
The old man took a pail in his hand
And he went to milk the cow
But tiny she flinched and tiny she squinched
And tiny she cocked up her nose
And tiny she gave him a kick in the shin
Till the blood ran down his toes
And when he went to feed the pigs
That were within the sty
He knocked his head against the shed
And it made the blood to fly
And then he watched the speckled hen
Lest she should stray away
But he quite forgot the spool of yarn
That his wife spun every day
And when his wife came home that night
He said he could plainly see
She could do more work in a day
Than he could do in three