This son he named him Trueman,
Because he liked the name,
And tho't 'twould be in honor
Of his neighbor of the same.
"As an act of kindness and of love,"
Old Waddington did say,
"Because you named him after me
I pledge my Sade, today."
The two old friends called in their wives
And asked them to consent
To seal the bargain for each child
On which they were both bent.
The mothers thought it rather soon
To tie so firm a knot,
And begged them not to seal their doom
By such a foolish plot.
But Trueman Waddington was not
A man to easy quit,
And he argued long and labored strong
In a half way frenzied fit.