The Comic Reciter (1856, Glasgow)/The Wager Decided

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THE WAGER DECIDED.

Such little hopes I'd always found
Of gaining Betsy for my wife,
That I had wagered Dick a pound,
I should not win her all my life.

But, thanks to heaven! my anxious care
Is all removed—the knot is ty'd,
And Betsy, fairest of the fair,
Consents at length to be my bride.

To Dick, then, as in honour bound,
Well pleased, I hold myself in debt;
Thus, by the oddest luck, 'tis found
I lose my wager, win my Bet.

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