But, ach! upon my loife
Oi waz greatly disappointed
In my family an' woife,
For my woife was not a beauty,
An' her temper wazn't cheerin'
While the family—onkindly—
At their father took to jeerin'.
"Oi waz better off as Pat," thought Oi,
"Than Oi'll iver be as Tim.
Bedad! Oi'd better be meself