Now, so it happen’d, to annoy

The merry pair, a little boy

The only Son of lovely Bridget,

And, like his daddy, giv’n to fidget,

Enquir’d who this same neighbour was

That took the place his father left—

A most unworthy, shameless theft,—

A sacrilege on marriage laws!

The dame was somewhat disconcerted—

For, all that she could say or do,—