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CONNUBIAL COMPANY by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "MY DEAR, WHAT MAKES YOU ALWAYS YAWN?"
Last Line: AND WHEN ALONE I'M WEARY
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; WEDDINGS;HUSBANDS;WIVES;

"My dear, what makes you always yawn?"
The wife exclaimed, her temper gone;
"Is home so dull and dreary?"
"Not so, my love," he said, "not so;
But man and wife are one, you know,
And when alone I'm weary."



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