Lucky 16 - Victorian Halls

I had 16 wives over 15 years

14 went blind when the 13th appeared

And the 12th couldn’t stay in her lane

God bless her soul

11 had a date

Caught late with a westbound train

And woe is me

I need a new girl

I had 10 cheap wives over empty plots

Number 9 loved the flask

And the 8th never got

(My 7 lives)

6, 5, 4 were the triplets drowned

Meeting 3, 2, 1

Where they sunk in the ground

And woe is me

I need a new girl

'Cause she’s dead

I put two bullets in her head

And she’s at the bottom

Of the well