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“For there 's nae luck about the house, There 's nae luck at a'; There 's little pleasure in the house When our gudeman 's awa'.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Mariner's Wife.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- e743817abadc27bc5a1ad35c1988d4dfaaa32933a99db6e1558a24daea56ef68
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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