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His courage then he durst not try,
his courage now doth fail,
The man afraid, the devil afraid,
stood gazing on each other,
At last the good wife and the maid
call'd down the good man's brother.
Brother lend me your sword, quoth he,
and I'll lend you my aid;
But when he came this devil to see,
he was as much afraid.
When Taffy saw them all amaz d,
he quickly march d away;
Upon each other then they gaz d,
and knew not what to say,
They dined well, mark what ensued,
when as they came to sup,
They miss'd the bacon and conclude,
the devil had eat it up
Now Taffy is a lusty blade,
possessed with strange fits,
Made all the children sore afraid,
almost besides their wits,
The children hiding places sought,
he put them in such a fear,
Lest Taffy who the devil was thought,
would them in pieces tear
They durst not go to school by day,
nor rest in beds at nights,
For fear he should fetch them away,
he put them in such frights.
his courage now doth fail,
The man afraid, the devil afraid,
stood gazing on each other,
At last the good wife and the maid
call'd down the good man's brother.
Brother lend me your sword, quoth he,
and I'll lend you my aid;
But when he came this devil to see,
he was as much afraid.
When Taffy saw them all amaz d,
he quickly march d away;
Upon each other then they gaz d,
and knew not what to say,
They dined well, mark what ensued,
when as they came to sup,
They miss'd the bacon and conclude,
the devil had eat it up
Now Taffy is a lusty blade,
possessed with strange fits,
Made all the children sore afraid,
almost besides their wits,
The children hiding places sought,
he put them in such a fear,
Lest Taffy who the devil was thought,
would them in pieces tear
They durst not go to school by day,
nor rest in beds at nights,
For fear he should fetch them away,
he put them in such frights.
