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	194            TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
	No. 217. Husband, husband, cease your strife. Tune : My jo, Janet Orpheus Caledonius, 1733, No. 36.
	' Husband, husband, cease your strife, Nor longer idly rave, sir! Tho' I am your wedded wife, Yet I am not»your slave, sir !' ' One of two must still obey, Nancy, Nancy; Is it man or woman, say, My spouse Nancy?' ' If 'tis still the lordly word, Service and obedience, I'll desert my sov"reign lord, And so good-bye, allegiance !' ' Sad will I be so bereft, Nancy, Nancy; Yet I'll try to make a shift, My spouse Nancy.'	'My	poor heart, then break it
		must, My last hour I am near it: When you lay me in the dust, Think, how you will bear it.' ' I will hope and trust in Heaven, Nancy, Nancy; Strength to bear it will be given, My spouse Nancy.' 'Well, sir, from the silent dead, Still I'll try to daunt you : Ever round your midnight bed Horrid sprites shall haunt you !' ' I'll wed another like my dear Nancy, Nancy; Then all hell will fly for fear, My spouse Nancy.'
	No. 218. I never saw a fairer. Tune : My wife's a wanton wee thing (see No. 220). Chorus. She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a lo'esome wee thing, This sweet wee wife c' mine'