Who would not take even the trouble to keep
Away from the garden the cows and the sheep,
Which over or under would manage to creep,
T' enjoy 'mid the flowers a sweet fragrant sleep.
Now the Queen of this mansion was Widow O'Neal,
A lady of Irish extraction;
Who often procured our good friar a meal,
Which gave him supreme satisfaction.
For though she a rum 'un might seem to the look,
She was without doubt a most excellent cook;