WHEN Lide married @3him@1 -- w'y, she had to jes' dee-fy The whole popilation! -- But she never bat' an eye! Her parents begged, and @3threatened@1 -- she must give him up -- that @3he@1 Wuz jes' "a common drunkard!" -- And he @3wuz,@1 appearantly. -- Swore they'd chase him off the place Ef he ever showed his face -- Long after she'd @3eloped@1 with him and @3married@1 him fer shore! -- When Lide married @3him,@1 it wuz @3"Katy, bar the door!"@1 When Lide married @3him@1 -- Well! she had to go and be A @3hired girl@1 in town somewheres -- while he tromped round to see What @3he@1 could git that @3he@1 could 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't @3drink@1 a thing, -- But jes' got down to bizness, like he someway @3wanted@1 to, When Lide married @3him,@1 like they warned her @3not@1 to do! When Lide married @3him@1 -- er, ruther, @3had@1 be'n married A little up'ards of a year -- some feller come and carried That @3hired girl@1 away with him -- a ruther @3stylish@1 feller In a bran-new green spring-wagon, with the wheels striped red and yeller: And he whispered, as they driv To'rds the country, @3"Now we'll live!"@1 -- And @3somepin' else@1 she @3laughed@1 to hear, though both her eyes wuz dim, 'Bout "@3trustin' Love and Heav'n above,@1 sence Lide married @3him!@1" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD SQUIRE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT BURNHAM-BEECHES by HENRY LUTTRELL SONNET: 8. WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY by JOHN MILTON WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH by WALT WHITMAN ON MRS PRIESTLEY'S LEAVING WARRINGTON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE INNOCENT THIEF by VINCENT BOURNE |