The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

by W. S. Gilbert

"From what I have said you will see

That I couldn't wed either—in fine,

By Nature's unchanging decree

Your daughters could never be mine.

"Go home to your pigs and your ricks,

My hands of the matter I've rinsed."

So they take up their hats and their sticks,

And exeunt ambo, convinced.