And they both were sent to a poor man's door—
Hi, for the happy little eat-pea!
In all kinds of weather
They came there together!
Ho, for the pease from the garden!
Hey, for the sweet-pea! Hi, for the eat-pea!
Hey, he, hi, ho, hum!
'Now, the poor man's poor little girl lay ill—
What a chance for a merry little sweet-pea!
And there wasn't a cent in the poor man's till—