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Against Widows Lyrics
The Devils weds a widow
Death another's leftovers
Better to lie on a willows
Rest on alder boughs
Then upon a widow's bed
On a used woman's pillow
Sweeter the side of a fence
Then a widow's flank
Softer the side of a grove
Than a widow's beside is
The Devil weds a widow
The grave one twice wed
A widow's hand is rougher
Than a dry spruce bough
With which she strikes the playful
Grabs the one who laughs
A widow has had her games
And spent a merry evening
Death another's leftovers
Better to lie on a willows
Rest on alder boughs
Then upon a widow's bed
On a used woman's pillow
Sweeter the side of a fence
Then a widow's flank
Than a widow's beside is
The grave one twice wed
A widow's hand is rougher
Than a dry spruce bough
With which she strikes the playful
Grabs the one who laughs
A widow has had her games
And spent a merry evening
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This song is inspired on a poem of popular wisdom. According to it, it's bad to wed a widow and all the reasons are pointed out. The explanation for this might be the church trying to discourage divorce, by making a widow seem as something damaged.
The original poem is II:248 Lempo leskelle menevi: http://www.elisanet.fi/kuula_seura/kanteletar/2.kirja/ii248.htm