A girl in extremity finds them an aid;
She's only to open them fairly and wide,
And give them a cut at the stitch in her side.
XI.
Beside the dead body a billet displayed,
Said, "See, dearest father, the mischief you've made;
I couldn't survive to be sold; for you know,
I'd far rather die than a sell-ibate go."
Chorus.—Commenting genially on the idiosyncrasy of female character evidenced in this revelation:
All over the world it is plain to espy