Or he ruins us all with his hanging-face.

Whom now is the bishop a-leering at?

I know a point where his text falls pat.

I'll tell him to-morrow, a word just now

Went to my heart and made me vow

I meddle no more with the worst of trades—

Let somebody else pay his serenades.

Groan all together now, whee—hee—hee!

It's a-work, it's a-work, ah, woe is me!

It began, when a herd of us, picked and placed,