N-Housewife's Lament
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L-       One     day      I      was     wal-    king    I      heard         a    com-  plai-   ning,   and     saw     an      old
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L-      wo-   man      the      pic-      ture   of      gloom.          She      gazed     at   the    mud      on     her
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L-     door-    step    ('twas   rai-     ning) and      this     was    her      song    as     she     wiel-    ded    her
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L-       broom.           Oh    life        is    a      toil             and     love          is    a   trou- ble,
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L-       beau- ty      will      fade           and      ri-    ches     will     flee,                 Plea- sures     they
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L-      dwin-   dle     and     pri-     ces    they     dou-    ble,   and      no-     thing   is      as      I       would
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L-      wish     it      to       be.