While all the sound that you could hear was jest the child a-crowing.
Up to this time astonishment had kept the folks all still;
But some one shouted out—“Three cheers and give ’em with a will!
It’s plain enough Miss Harper has found her proper speer,
And man, the tyrant’s conquered! Now boys a rousing cheer!”
That meeting broke up in a tumult, but Joe was waiting there;
He’s a manly, handsome fellow, and when I saw the pair
Go walking off together, I sez, sez I, “It needs no witch to tell
What’s coming next.” And warn’t I right? Folks laughed and talked a spell,
But we all danced at the wedding! Law! how she settled down!