The girl’s father came. The girl started singing—

“Wah wah oo, wah wah oo, wah wah oo,

Nobody coming from Prince of Wales?”

Jack says,

“Yes, yes, madame! yes, yes, madame! yes, yes, madame!

Somebody coming from Prince of Wales!”

The master came to the window; “Jack, is the oven hot?”—“Yes, Master,

red-hot!” Coming down the staircase the father drew a revolver and shot

him. Jack has to put him in the oven, and Jack, the girl, and all the

company make a feast of him. The father took Jack and the girl back to

his house and married them both for life.

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