"The Wife"

The  Wife.
    1.
He’ll come home, he'll not forget me
 For his word is always true
  He's gone to sup
  The deadly cup
 And while the long night through
  He's gone to laugh
  To talk and quaff
 And while the drear night through
He'll come home, he'll not forget me
 For his word is always true.

    2.

He'll come home with tears and pleading words
 And ask me to forget
  Can I be his
  While he is mine
 And cause him one regret
  My heart may break
  But for his sake
 I'll do all I can do
He'll come home, he'll not forget me
 For his word is always true.