A Husband’s Lament.

Air—“I once had a sweet little Doll, dears.
(Kingsley’s Words, set by A. Cecil.)

I once saw a sweet pretty face, boys:

Its beauty and grace were divine.

And I felt what a swell I should be, boys,

Could I boast that such charms were all mine!

I wooed. Every man I cut out, boys,

At my head deep anathemas hurled:—

But I said as I walked back from church, boys,

“I’m the luckiest dog in the world!”