And swore that "By Gad,
The fellow shall never Havana!"
But the couple eloped to Caracas,
Where the Germans kicked up such a fracas;
And he said to his wife,
"You can bet your sweet life
That papa dear never will track us."
MODERN MAUD MULLER.
Maud Muller on a summer's day,
Raked the meadows, sweet with hay.