That woman a husband has e'er in her eye;
And if no fine fellow her husband can be,
She'll even take up with a felo de se!
XII.
The neighbors came in. "What a pity!" said they,
"To lose such a daughter, and in such a way."
"My daughter be hanged!" said the parent sublime,—
"It's one thousand dollars I'm euchred this time!"
Chorus.—Deducing a beautiful and useful moral from this burst of paternal agony:
My dear fellow-citizens, lay it to heart: