And one visit, I’m sure, was sufficient for me;
Oh, the things that I saw there, they frighten’d me quite,
And ever since then, sirs, I’ve scarcely been right.
My children got sick every day, sirs, almost,
And my wife took the chills, and got deaf as a post;
Oh, there’s some may exult, but for me, sirs, I’m bless’d
If I haven’t as much as I want of the West
To the West! to the West, &c.
To the West! to the West! where the rivers that flow,
Are full of great big alligators, you know;