For the child was drove safe on her back by the tide.
There was a man fishing as fortune would have,
Who saw the child floating upon the salt wave.
He soon took her up but was in amaze,
He kiss'd her, and bless'd her, and on her did gaze;
And seeing he had ne'er a child in his life,
He presently carried her home to his wife.
His wife she was pleased the child for to see,
And said, "My dear husband, be ruled by me,
Since we have no child, if you let me alone,