The very thought makes my heart to bleed,—

I did vow to do this horrid deed.

Oh, hadn't I never seen Ann Power,

I might have been happy to this hour;

Keeping company with that artful Miss

Has brought me, in my prime, to this.

It was, while a-walking in Love Lane,

She first put the thoughts into my brain;

Sure, I had much better ne'er been born,

For now I must end my days in scorn.