And fast on his back his fagot was bound.

"Oh! hasten you, husband," his loving wife

cried,

And taste this beautiful peach that I found."

But just as he took it the peach split in

twain,

And a fat little baby with raven-black hair

Was cradled right in the heart of the peach,

And lay a-twinkling and blinking there.

"Oh! you brave little boy, you shall be our