Title: American Old Time Song Lyrics
Subject: Traditional & Folk Music
Author: www.traditionalmusic.co.uk
Keywords: Old time music, American, oldtimey, bluegrass

The Man Who Struck My Wife - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
The Man Who Struck My Wife Sung by Miss St. George Hussey. 
Now, though I am a married man, Still I love my wife; Though we may have a jawing match, Still I lead a quiet life. She went out to the grocery To buy some soap and tay, When a dirty blackguard struck her, And this is what I say: 
Chorus. If I catch the man who struck my wife, Now I don't, I don't intend to give him any warning, He struck my wife, and I'll have his life, And he'll be a dead man in the morning. 
Though I'm a quiet man, Still I am no fool; And I know what two and two is, If I never went to school. And though I come from Paddy's land, Still my wife to me is dear, And if I catch this blackguard, You can believe now what you hear:-Chorus, 
In this American country They call us Irish flats; They sometimes pulverize us, As if we were ould hats. To strike a man is manly, And a blow I can forgive, But the man who strikes a woman I never can forgive.-Chorus.