For I ruled the roast, and I roasted all rule,

And he wonder'd how ever he bore me.

His tables I blotted, his windows I broke,

I fired his wig, and I laughed at the smoke,

And always replied if he row'd at the joke,

Why—my father did so before me.

I met a young girl, and I pray'd to the miss,

I fell on my knee, and I ask'd for a kiss,

She twice said no, but she once said yes,

And in marriage declared she'd restore me.