THE SCOLDING WIFE
(Henry Purcell - 1685)

My wife has a tongue as good as e'er twang'd
At ev'-ry word she bids me be hang'd

She's ug-ly, she's old, and a cur-sed scold
With a dam-na-ble nun-quam sa-tis

For her tongue and her tail, if ev-er they fail
The Dev-il shall have her gra-tis