Then, besides, some other fellow
P'rhaps may love me quite as well oh,
Who has vowed to be my slave through life, and thrown him at my feet."
"I will challenge ev'ry other,
Who presumes to be your lover,
Though I kill a man each morning, not a minikin care I;
Sure, I'll perforate the river,
Though the thought it makes me shiver,
For without you as I cannot live, 'tis pleasant so to die.
For my heart I know you'll break it,