“I know they are very hungry,

“And, I know they are very cold,”

She said: “My man drinks all the time,

“And all our things are sold.”

“He often cries, and talks to me,

“And says it is a shame—

“And he tries so hard to quit it,

“That I know he is not to blame.”

“I never say a word to him,

“It would only make things worse—