Her parents begged, and threatened—she must give him up—that he
Wuz jes “a common drunkard!”—And he wuz, appearantly.—
Swore they’d chase him off the place
Ef he ever showed his face—
Long after she’d eloped with him and married him fer shore!—
When Lide married him, it wuz “Katy, bar the door!”
When Lide married him—Well! she had to go and be
A hired girl in town somewheres—while he tromped round to see
What he could git that he could do,—you might say, jes sawed wood
From door to door!—that’s what he done—’cause that wuz best he could!