A woman’s work is never done

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The proverb a woman’s work is never done means that a woman often works longer hours than a man because the housework and raising children are jobs that never end.

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This ballad was printed in England on broadsides in the mid 1800s. It was printed as A woman never knows when her day's work's done, A Married Woman's Work is Never Done and Woman never knows when her day's work's done, which is noted as sung to the tune Far, far upon the sea.