The Devil weds a widow

Death another's leftovers

Better to lie on a willows

Rest on alder boughs

Than upon a widow's bed

On a used woman's pillow

Sweeter the side of a fence

Than a widow's flank



Softer the side of a groove

Than a widow's beside is



The Devil weds a widow

The grave one twice wed

A widow's hand is rougher

Than a dry spruce bough

With which she strikes the playful

Grabs the one who laughs

A widow has had her games

And spent a merry evening