Son was newly married and we couldn’t see the

harm

In makin’ on it over, we to have the ell and shed,

Use the sittin’ room in common—and a room

for one spare bed.

And so we made the papers and we signed ’em,

me and wife,

’Lowin’ them the stand and stock, and us our

keep for life.

Twelvemonth isn’t finished, but the trouble has