"I’ll Be No Submissive Wife" (1835)
A Ballad
by
Alexander Lee
Price 75 Cts

New York, NY: Firth & Hall, No. 1 Franklin Sq.
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1. I’ll be no submissive wife
No not I no not I
I’ll not be a slave for life
No not I no not I
I’ll be no submissive wife
No not I no not I

I’ll not be a slave for life
No not I no not I.
Think you on a wedding day
That I said as others say
Love and honor and obey
Love and honor and obey
no no no no no no no no no not I
Love and honor and obey
Love and honor and obey
no no no
no no no
no no no not I
no no no
no no no
no no no not I
no no no
no no no
no no no no not I.

2. I to dullness don’t incline
No not I no not I
Go to bed at half past nine
No not I no not I
I to dullness don’t incline
No not I no not I
Go to bed at half past nine
No not I no not I.

Should a humdrum husband say
That at home I ought to stay
Do you think that I’ll obey
Do you think that I’ll obey
no no no
no no no
no no no not I
Do you think that I’ll obey
Do you think that I’ll obey
no no no
no no no
no no no not I
no no no
no no no
no no no not I
no no no
no no no
no no no no not I.