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SONG by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "OH, I'LL REFORM, I WILL, I SWEAR!"
Last Line: AND DIE A CUCKOLD AND A SAINT
Subject(s): REPENTANCE;WOMEN; PENITENCE;
Oh, I'll reform, I will, I swear!
To Hymen I'll address my vows,
And I'll beget a son and heir,
And tend my sheep, and milk my cows,
And doze and fatten with my spouse! ...

Yes, I'll reform!—vain town, adieu!
Henceforth with rural joys content,
A life of reason I'll pursue;
Of all my former sins repent,
And die a cuckold and a saint.



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