Mad Judy

 When the hamlet hailed a birth 
 Judy used to cry: 
When she heard our christening mirth 
 She would kneel and sigh.
 
She was crazed, we knew, and we 
Humoured her infirmity.
 

When the daughters and the sons 
 Gathered them to wed, 
And we like-intending ones 
 Danced till dawn was red, 
She would rock and mutter, "More 
Comers to this stony shore!" 

When old Headsman Death laid hands 
 On a babe or twain, 
She would feast, and by her brands 
 Sing her songs again.
 
What she liked we let her do, 
Judy was insane, we knew.

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