Against Widows

The Devil weds a widow 
Death another’s leftovers 
Better to lie on a willows 
Rest on alder boughs 
Than upon a widow’s pillow 
Sweeter the side of a fence 
Than a widow’s flank 

Softer the side of a grove 
Than a widow’s beside is 

The Devil weds a widow 
The grave one twice wed 
widow’s hand is rougher 
Than a dry spruce bought 
With which she strikes the playful 
Grabs the one who laughs 
widow has had her games 
And spent a merry evening