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 CAGED GOLDFINCH by THOMAS HARDY A HYMN TO JESUS by BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX CLEVEDON VERSES: 7. NORTON WOOD (DORA'S BIRTHDAY) by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN APPEARANCES by ROBERT BROWNING IMITATED FROM THE WELSH by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |