That joined in wedlock this couple should be;
I, like a silly girl, consented to the same,
I thought to have a husband none could me blame.
The time being come, they both of them were wed,
So lovingly together, as many people said,
But early the next morning my heart was like to break,
To hear the dismal story to me he did relate.
"Farewell, my dearest Peggy, it cuts me to the heart,
For I do love you dearly, to think that we must part;