Dread silence reigns around,—the clock strikes four!

The Poor Little Fisherman’s Girl.

It was down in the country a poor girl was weeping,

It was down in the country poor Mary Ann did mourn;

She belonged to this nation—I have lost each dear relation,

Cried a poor little fisherman’s girl, my friends are dead and gone.

Oh, who has a soft heart to give me some shelter,

For the winds do blow, and dreadful is the storm?

I have no father nor mother, but I’ve a tender brother,