"First Year Blues" lyrics

I've just been married about six months
Only six months, you see
First three months was all okay
But the last three is killing me
My wife began her hissing, cut down on her kissing
And then she failed to shine my shoes
My shirts became a-wrinkled, my pants, with dirt were sprinkled
And then I took the first year blues

Then, she started nagging, left the sink a-sagging
With dishes piled up high
No food upon the table, she said, "If she was able
She'd cook something bye and bye"
Then I began to wonder if I had made a blunder
When I said, "I do"
She must have read my thinking, her eyes began to blinking
And that gal broke in two

Well, I heard the dishes crashing and I began to dashing
Getting out of sight
And right there was my honey, on who I'd spent my money
Turning into dynamite
Then after she'd exploded, her meanness all unloaded
And things began to simmer down
I found myself a-bleeding and very much a-needing
Stitches taken all around

Then she started crying, found myself a-sighing
And then I took her in my arms
I was afraid to scold her and so I gently told her
She didn't do a bit of harm
Now, the first six months is over and I am much the older
And experienced with a wife
If I can stand the next six, my friends all say I'll be fixed
To take it all of my life