Betsey Bobbett’s married now,
Betsey Bobbett’s married now,
Betsey Bobbett’s married now,
So ring the marriage bells. (Simon groans.)
It is the way she long has sought,
And mourned because she found it not,
But now she’s reached that blissful lot;
So ring her wedding bells. (Simon groans and buries his
face in his handkerchief.)
’Tis Betsey Bobbett Slimpsey, how,