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by Unknown

So draw up the paper, lawyer; and I’ll go home to-night,

And read the agreement to her, and see if it’s all right;

And then in the morning I’ll sell to a tradin’ man I know—

And kiss the child that was left to us, and out in the world I’ll go.

And one thing put in the paper, that first to me didn’t occur;

That when I am dead at last she will bring me back to her,

And lay me under the maple we planted years ago,

When she and I was happy, before we quarreled so.

And when she dies, I wish that she would be laid by me;

And lyin’ together in silence, perhaps we’ll then agree;