Wine of Cardui

Well, my name is Sallie Collins
And I've been married since I was sixteen
In McHenry, Kentucky, it's 1892
And I've four living children to feed
Where the others have gone that's a mystery
But I got so that the cry of a child
Sent me to bed for eight long months
Til my husband brought home Cardui

Oh, my Wine of Cardui
I need you til I die
I swear you must be heaven sent
God bless your 19.6 percent

I am Mrs. Charles Edward Wood
To carry a child came hard for me
And I could not walk out in Weatherford, Texas
In nineteen hundred and three
I felt sick and dizzy always
I thought that I was going to die
Until five months into my pregnancy
My husband brought home Cardui

Oh, my Wine of Cardui
I'll love you til I die
I swear you must be heaven sent
God bless your 19.6 percent

Loula Walden is my name
And I could hardly eat anything
It's 1913, Campobello, South Carolina
And I've lost my wedding ring
Too weak to clean wash or iron
Too frail to bake bread or pie
Or sew for the nine who live under my roof
Til my husband brought home Cardui

Oh, my Wine of Cardui
I need you til I die
I swear you must be heaven sent
God bless your 19.6 percent