WHEN LIDE MARRIEDHIM
When Lide marriedhim—w’y, she had to jes dee-fyThe whole popilation!—But she never bat’ an eye!Her parents begged, andthreatened—she must give him up—thatheWuz jes “a common drunkard!”—And hewuz, appearantly.—Swore they’d chase him off the placeEf he ever showed his face—Long after she’delopedwith him andmarriedhim fer shore!—When Lide marriedhim, it wuz “Katy, bar the door!”When Lide marriedhim—Well! she had to go and beAhired girlin town somewheres—while he tromped round to seeWhathecould git thathecould do,—you might say, jes sawed woodFrom door to door!—that’s what he done—’cause that wuz best he could!And the strangest thing, i jing!Wuz, he didn’tdrinka thing,—But jes got down to bizness, like he somewaywantedto,When Lide marriedhim, like they warned hernotto do!When Lide marriedhim—er, ruther,hadbe’n marriedA little up’ards of a year—some feller come and carriedThathired girlaway with him—a rutherstylishfellerIn a bran-new green spring-wagon, with the wheels striped red and yeller:And he whispered, as they drivTo’rds the country, “Now we’ll live!”—Andsomepin’ elseshelaughedto hear, though both her eyes wuz dim,’Bout “trustin’ Love and Heav’n above, sence Lide marriedhim!”
When Lide marriedhim—w’y, she had to jes dee-fyThe whole popilation!—But she never bat’ an eye!Her parents begged, andthreatened—she must give him up—thatheWuz jes “a common drunkard!”—And hewuz, appearantly.—Swore they’d chase him off the placeEf he ever showed his face—Long after she’delopedwith him andmarriedhim fer shore!—When Lide marriedhim, it wuz “Katy, bar the door!”When Lide marriedhim—Well! she had to go and beAhired girlin town somewheres—while he tromped round to seeWhathecould git thathecould do,—you might say, jes sawed woodFrom door to door!—that’s what he done—’cause that wuz best he could!And the strangest thing, i jing!Wuz, he didn’tdrinka thing,—But jes got down to bizness, like he somewaywantedto,When Lide marriedhim, like they warned hernotto do!When Lide marriedhim—er, ruther,hadbe’n marriedA little up’ards of a year—some feller come and carriedThathired girlaway with him—a rutherstylishfellerIn a bran-new green spring-wagon, with the wheels striped red and yeller:And he whispered, as they drivTo’rds the country, “Now we’ll live!”—Andsomepin’ elseshelaughedto hear, though both her eyes wuz dim,’Bout “trustin’ Love and Heav’n above, sence Lide marriedhim!”
When Lide marriedhim—w’y, she had to jes dee-fyThe whole popilation!—But she never bat’ an eye!Her parents begged, andthreatened—she must give him up—thatheWuz jes “a common drunkard!”—And hewuz, appearantly.—Swore they’d chase him off the placeEf he ever showed his face—Long after she’delopedwith him andmarriedhim fer shore!—When Lide marriedhim, it wuz “Katy, bar the door!”
When Lide marriedhim—w’y, she had to jes dee-fy
The whole popilation!—But she never bat’ an eye!
Her parents begged, andthreatened—she must give him up—thathe
Wuz jes “a common drunkard!”—And hewuz, appearantly.—
Swore they’d chase him off the place
Ef he ever showed his face—
Long after she’delopedwith him andmarriedhim fer shore!—
When Lide marriedhim, it wuz “Katy, bar the door!”
When Lide marriedhim—Well! she had to go and beAhired girlin town somewheres—while he tromped round to seeWhathecould git thathecould do,—you might say, jes sawed woodFrom door to door!—that’s what he done—’cause that wuz best he could!And the strangest thing, i jing!Wuz, he didn’tdrinka thing,—But jes got down to bizness, like he somewaywantedto,When Lide marriedhim, like they warned hernotto do!
When Lide marriedhim—Well! she had to go and be
Ahired girlin town somewheres—while he tromped round to see
Whathecould git thathecould do,—you might say, jes sawed wood
From door to door!—that’s what he done—’cause that wuz best he could!
And the strangest thing, i jing!
Wuz, he didn’tdrinka thing,—
But jes got down to bizness, like he somewaywantedto,
When Lide marriedhim, like they warned hernotto do!
When Lide marriedhim—er, ruther,hadbe’n marriedA little up’ards of a year—some feller come and carriedThathired girlaway with him—a rutherstylishfellerIn a bran-new green spring-wagon, with the wheels striped red and yeller:And he whispered, as they drivTo’rds the country, “Now we’ll live!”—Andsomepin’ elseshelaughedto hear, though both her eyes wuz dim,’Bout “trustin’ Love and Heav’n above, sence Lide marriedhim!”
When Lide marriedhim—er, ruther,hadbe’n married
A little up’ards of a year—some feller come and carried
Thathired girlaway with him—a rutherstylishfeller
In a bran-new green spring-wagon, with the wheels striped red and yeller:
And he whispered, as they driv
To’rds the country, “Now we’ll live!”—
Andsomepin’ elseshelaughedto hear, though both her eyes wuz dim,
’Bout “trustin’ Love and Heav’n above, sence Lide marriedhim!”