"A dainty song," said Wamba, when they had finished their carol, "and I swear by my bauble, a pretty moral!--I used to sing it with Gurth, once my playfellow, and now, by the grace of God and his master, no less than a freemen; and we once came by the cudgel for being so entranced by the melody, that we lay in bed two hours after sunrise, singing the ditty betwixt sleeping and waking--my bones ache at thinking of the tune ever since.
Gurth pajtásommal énekelgettem ezt valaha, aki Isten és gazdája kegyel­méből ma már szabad ember. De valamikor jól elnáspángoltak miatta, mert a dallam annyira elbűvölt minket, hogy ágyban heverészve énekelgettük félig álomban, félig ébren... pedig már két óra is elmúlt a nap felkelte óta!