"He asked me when we met last night,
If I would like a sail or row;
I answered 'Yes,' with great delight;
He said at one o'clock we'd go.
'Tis now five minutes past the hour,
And where is he, I'd like to know?
Oh! if I did not love him so
I'd punish him—and show my pow'r.
But oh, alas! it is so dreary
When I am not with Fred;