An English Friend of mine sings this keeping the melody of 'The Wagoner's Lad" but with only two verses. The first is consistent with the usual opening the second differs so that the words I learned are as follows;

How hard is the fortune of all womankind,
Forever subjected, forever confined,
The parent controls us until we are wives,
The husband enslaves us the rest of our lives.

If fondly we love, yet we dare not reveal,
But secretly languish, compelled to conceal,
Deny'd every freedom of Life to enjoy,
We're sham'd if we're kind, we're blamed if we're coy.