Rip.
Oh, tunner wasser! [won't][24] my old woman skin me when I get home.
Vedder and Rory.
Ha, ha, ha! come, the song, the song.
Rip.
Well, here is Rip Van Winkle's warning to all single fellows.
SONG.—Rip.
List, my friends, to caution's voice,
Ere de marriage knot you tie;
It is [the devil],[25] mit shrews to splice,