She said: “The trouble I have had
There is nobody knows.”
She said: “I work most night and day,”
And this, too, is what she said:
“Most all my wages go for drink,
“And the children cry for bread.”
She said: “I don’t know what to do,
“We have no place to go;
“I know the children can’t live long
“Out in this sleet and snow.”