O the roses on fair cheeks pale!
He was fair and single—and so was she!
Sing hey! tomatoes and tar!
And so now you know which it is to be!
O the aid of a lucky star!
They toasted the couple the livelong night
Sing hey! cast-iron and carp!
And engaged a poet this song to write.
O the breathing Æolian harp!
So he wrote this ballad at vast expense!