Thru life we'll seek our pleasures side by side;
Her heart athrob with love for me alone.
Him
O, yes! we're splendid friends, Old Jack and I:
He's growing grave and wrinkles now appear
Where once the smiles his cheeks were wont to ply.
He's losing all his energy, I fear.
I married him some twenty years ago
When dancing was a chief delight of his;