They told me you had been to her
And mentioned me to him:
She gave me a good character
But said I could not swim

He sent them word I had not gone
(We know it to be true):
If she should push the matter on
What would become of you?

I gave her one, they gave him two
You gave us three or more;
They all returned from him to you
Though they were mine before

If I or she should chance to be
Involved in this affair
He trusts to you to set them free
Exactly as we were

My notion was that you had been
(Before she had this fit)
An obstacle that came between
Him, and ourselves, and it

Don't let him know she liked them best
For this must ever be
A secret, kept from all the rest
Between yourself and me.’