At last, in a voice rich with emotion, he sang to a strange lilting tune:
"I be in a terr'ble fix,
Wife have I and childer six.
"I'd got married just for fun,
When in popped Baby Number one—
"I'd got an easy job to do,
When in strolled Baby Number Two—
"I was fishin' in the sea,
When up swum Baby Number Three—
"My boat had scarcely touched the shore,