Weavers used to do a dead-wife variant.

I WISH I WAS SINGLE AGAIN

"When I was single,
Oh then, oh then.
When I was single, oh then;
When I was single my pockets did jingle,
And I wisht I was single again.
Chorus: Don't never get married.
         Don't take you a wife.
         It's hard times and troubles
         The rest of your life.
I married me a wife,
Oh then, oh then.
I married me a wife, oh then.
I married me a wife -- she's the plague of my life,
And I wisht I was single again.

         (chorus)

We had 7 children
Oh then, oh then.
We had 7 children, oh then.
We had 7 children; it sure was bewild'rin',
And I wisht I was single again.

          (cho)

My wife she died,
Oh then, oh then.
My wife she died, oh then.
My wife she died, and I laughed 'til I cried,
To think I was single again.

          (cho)

I married me another,
Oh then, oh then.
I married me another, oh then.
I married me another, she's the devil's grandmother,
And I wisht I was single again.

          (cho)

Young men, take a warning
From this, from this.
Young men, take a warning from this.
Be good to the 1st, or the 2nd is worst
And you'll wisht you was single again.
   
         (final cho)

Don't believe everything you hear. The Bible says "...he who finds a wife finds a good thing."