So my apples I bought, and set off for Pizarro.

When I got to the door, I was squeezed, and cried dear me,

I wonder they made the entrance so narrow,

At last I got in, and found every one near me

Was busily talking of Mr. Pizarro.

Lo! the hero appears, what a strut and a stride,

He might easily pass for a Marshal to-morrow,

And Elvira so tall, neither virgin nor bride,

The loving companion of gallant Pizarro.

But Elvira, alas! turned so dull and so prosy,