“He wrote me that he had a wife.�

“And children?� “Yes, he’s three.�

“You married, too?� “Oh no, indeed,

I thought I’d first get free.�

“Then, Jakey, you will stay with me,

And comfort my poor heart;

Old Mistus got no power now

To tear us both apart.

“I’m richer now than Mistus,

Because I have got my son;