“The Housewife's Lament”

Description

The housewife complains of her never-ending war against dirt: "Oh life is a toil and love is a trouble, Beauties will fade and riches will flee, Pleasures they dwindle and prices they double...." At last she dies "and was buried in dirt."

Recordings

• Loman D. Cansler, "The Housekeeper's Complaint" (on Cansler1)

References

1. BrownIII 312, "A Housekeeper's Tragedy" (1 text plus an excerpt)
2. FSCatskills 97, "Life Is a Toil" (2 texts, 1 tune)
3. Lomax-FSNA 67, "The Housewife's Lament" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. Silber-FSWB, p. 184, "The Housewife's Lament" (1 text)
5. DT, HSEWFLAM
6. Roud #5472
7. BI, FSC097