Haughs of Crumdel (2)/The Charming Widow

THE CHARMING WIDOW.

I'm a charming widow now,
In age just twenty-two,
And being rid of my former vow,
New lovers come here to woo.
There's many a one with flattering tongue,
Of high and of low degree;
But he that is both merry and young
Is the brisk young man for me.

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Last time I wed a husband old,
About fourscore or more;
But then his purse was lin'd with gold,
Which woman-kind adore.
He's dead and gone to his narrow home,
So then let him quiet be;
And now my heart is free to roam,
So a brisk young man for me.

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