Library Company of Philadelphia. ca. 1840-1880?
[New York] : H. De Marsan, Publisher of songs, 54 Chatham Street, N.Y
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“My life’s a waste, I’m sick of paste; And printers, books and presses
Might quickly go to Jericho [1], Should Fortune smile, and bless tis I..
-Yes, but who’s the fool that would be thy Valentine?” [2]
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1. Jericho is a place of banishment, retirement, or drunkenness according to Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang.
2. As she says this line, there is an interesting workplace reversal going on: the male binder (husband?) is at the sewing frame, typically the woman’s job, and she is tooling, typically done by men. Is he wearing a kings crown or a jesters hat?
Peachey Conservation 
Could the reference to life as a “waste” also be a sly reference to printer’s waste used as spine linings?