You'd better sell her—well, for what she'll bring.
"In case your purse runs low while I'm away—
There's Dinah's children—two (hic) 'spensive whelps;
They won't bring much the way the markets are,
But then you know how every little helps.
"And there's that Yankee schoolmistress, you know,
Who taught our darlings how to read and spell;
Now don't (hic) 'spend a cent to pay her bill;
If she aren't tarred and feathered, she'll do well!
"And now, my dear, I go where booty calls,