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THE ELDER WOMAN'S SONG: 4, FR. KING LEAR'S WIFE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY

First Line: O, MERRY, MERRY WILL MY HEART BE
Last Line: AND GO LIKE A LADY, WARMLY DREST.
Subject(s): OLD AGE; WOMEN;

O, MERRY, merry will my heart be
When I can sit me down and rest:
If you would live to make old bones
Keep your knees off the kitchen-stones,
And go like a lady, warmly drest.




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