title: The Housewife’s Lamentkey: Folkharp type: Chromaticgenre: Gskill: AnyAmerican folk songKey: GTIME: 3/4-1 3 3 3 3 -3One day I was walk-ing-4 2 2 2 2 -1I heard a com-plain-ing-1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -2* 3And saw an old wom-an the pic-ture of gloom-1 3 3 3 3 -3 -4 2 2She gazed at the mud on her door-step2 2 -1(twas’ rain-ing)-1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -2* 3And this was her song as she wield-ed her broom3 -4 -4 -4-4-3 3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -2*Oh, life is a toil and love is a trou-ble3 3 3 3-2* 2 -2* -2* -2* -2*Beau-ty will fade and rich-es will flee3 3 3 3 -3Pleas-ures they dwin-dle-4 2 2 2 2 -1And pric-es they dou-ble-1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -2* 3And noth-ing is as I would wish it to be