In decency and order, O;
He bade me act a manly part,
Though I had ne’er a farthing, O;
For without an honest manly heart
No man was worth regarding, O.
In many a way, and vain essay,
I courted Fortune’s favour, O;
Some cause unseen still stept between,
To frustrate each endeavour, O:
Sometimes by foes I was o’erpower’d;