She found I could not go, she would come in again,

She loved her dear friendy so well she could not go out and leave me.

O my dear beloved little heart, she was my own heart within me,

When she was well and I was sick, and made out to sit in my chair,

She knew I was sick, because I didn't say but a very little to her.

She would stand close to me all the time,

And speak to me, I could not take her eyes off my face,

And look as grieved as it her heart must break,

She was so worried for me,

And if I was forced to lay down,