You shall have the farm, young Christoval,
My good master Henrique said;
But a surety provide, in whom I can confide,
That duly the rent shall be paid.
I was poor, and I had not a friend upon earth,
And I knew not what to say;
We stood by the porch of St. Andrew’s Church,
And it was St. Isidro’s day.
Take St. Isidro for my pledge,
I ventured to make reply;