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The last paragraph is very badly written, and has a baseless sexist angle. A ballad doesn't "talk" about anything. I don't know what "about the sense of lasting competition in a relationship" even means. Does the "man tries to maintain his power"? Or do they both do so? If the "woman refuses because she does not want to be treated like a doormat", does the same not also apply to the husband? Finally the sentence "by being stubborn they lost pudding and subjected their possessions to be stolen" is appallling grammatically.JohnC (talk) 08:20, 22 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
My take was not the woman was being a treated like a doormat, she simply was occupied when the man asks her to go and shut/lock the door, and in annoyance refuses to do so, and they have a wager.
