"You'll say he fell in the flood, St Maur,

But you'll not deceive yoursel',

For you've lost the bonniest thing you had,

And you'll remember well.

"Your wife will mourn him a year, St Maur,

You'll mourn him all your life,

For you've lost the bonniest thing you had,

Better than bairns or wife."

——-A. M. F. Robinson (Darmesteter).