The Minister's Wife

If you know the parlour game "The Minister's Cat" you'll get how this is constructed.

The Minister's Wife

The minister’s wife is an

Amorous wife,

The minister’s wife is a

Beautiful wife,

The minister’s wife has been

Caught with his pal,

The minister’s wife could be

Dead by the Fall.

The minister’s wife, seems she’s

Eaten by guilt,

The minister’s wife seeks

Forgiveness, and wilt

Thou, minister

Grant her petition, or force

The minister’s wife

Headlong into divorce?

The minister’s wife takes an 

Injunction upon

The minister,

Just in case by his gun

The minister’s wife should be

Killed in a raid

The minister plans,

Let this lesson be made –

The minister’s wife

Made an awful mistake,

The minister’s wife

Never knew he was fake,

The minister once was a famous

Outlaw;

The minister’s wife is too

Poor on the draw.

Ministers’ wives are

Quite resourceful, of course,

The minister’s wife took a

Rifle and horse,

The minister did not

See through her disguise,

The minister’s wife shot him

‘Twixt his two eyes.

The minister’s wife is an

Ungrateful spouse,

The minister’s wife took his

Vestments and house;

The minister’s wife

Wants a whole new career

The Reverend Widow –

X-rated babe of the year!

The minister’s wife,

You would never have known –

That cunning young bitch 

Zeroed in on his throne!

24/9/23