That she should crush his hopes so flat,

And scorn his smiles, or worse than that,

“His Pickles.”

Away he drove, through wind and rain;

They tried to stop his course in vain.

By asking what he had to sell;

He wouldn’t stop but only yelled,

“Pickles.”

“Don’t drive so fast,” an old man said;

“That worn-out nag is nearly dead.”