I.

There she goes up the street with her book in her hand,

And her Good morning, Martin! Ay, lass, how d’ye do?

Very well, thank you, Martin!—I can’t understand!

I might just as well never have cobbled a shoe!

I can’t understand it. She talks like a song;

Her voice takes your ear like the ring of a glass;

She seems to give gladness while limping along,

Yet sinner ne’er suffer’d like that little lass.

II.