And (tho' I say it that was his wife)
Such men you seldom find.
(That's as true as the Scripturs; I never knowed him to say a harsh word.)
I never changed my single lot,—
I thought 't would be a sin—
(though widder Jinkins says it's because I never had a chance.) Now 't ain't for me to say whether I ever had a numerous number o' chances or not, but there 's them livin' that might tell if they wos a mind to; why, this poitry was writ on account of being joked about Major Coon, three year after husband died. I guess the ginerality o' folks knows what was the nature o' Major Coon's feelin's towards me, tho' his wife and Miss Jinkins does say I tried to ketch him. The fact is, Miss Coon feels wonderfully cut up 'cause she knows the Major took her "Jack at a pinch,"—seein' he couldent get such as he wanted, he took such as he could get,—but I goes on to say—
I never changed my single lot,
I thought 't would be a sin,—
For I thought so much o' Deacon Bedott,
I never got married agin.