Who would practice from morning till night.

Oh! beware ye young men of a musical wife,

For Eliza’s fine voice is the plague of my life!

“Eliza, my love, I’ve a letter to write

Pray cease for a moment, my dear,”

“Good heavens!” she cries, “you forget that to-night

Ned Seguin and Frazer’ll be here:

Anguera has promis’d to bring his Guitar,

Rametti will play on the Flute,

So I’m trying a second to ’Young Lochinvar,’