And when such a distance from each other parted,

Caused them sorrow, grief, pain, and woe;

In a fit of sadness, overcome with madness,

He made a deep and solemn vow,

If separated from his own true lover,

He would be revenged on Parson Plow.

With four loaded pistols, in a fit of frenzy,

Miles to the Vicarage did haste forthwith,

And with a weapon wounded the master,

And shot the maiden, named Jane Smith;