A popular song from 1924.
Words and music by Harry Lauder.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m feeling so glad when I ought to be sad
Yes, I ought to be sad, but I’m glad
I married I did when I was a Kid
Then I was so sorry that I ever did
But I had contracted to love her
But loving’s a difficult thing
But since she’s at rest, wi’ the rest o’ the best
I’m telling the truth when I sing
Chorus
If ever I marry again
If ever I marry again
She must be just about twenty-three
As fresh as a daisy and crazy for me
With tons and tons o’ money
And never cause me pain
And I must be the Boss o’ th’ Hoose
If ever I marry again
- The essence of Life is a jewel of a wife
If she isn’t a jewel, then it’s strife
It’s terrible tough if ye’ angle is rough
I know, because I’ve had more than enough
But ye see I had married a widow
A widow’s a woman who knows
She’s fly and she’s sly, and between you and I
Know the way ev’ry wind blows