But give me 'Lodging on the Cold Ground' an' I'll tell ye what I think.

But I warn ye, mother copied Mrs.Davies an' 'll know how it ought to be sung." Lavinia laughed to herself.

She was quite sure if she could satisfy Mr.
Gay and Dr.Pepusch she could please Betty Higgins.
"Them old songs," went on Betty, warming to her subject, "touches the 'eart and makes the tears come.

But you don't hear 'em at the fine concerts.

I'll go bail as there beant a woman now-a-days as can make a man fall in love with her 'cause of her singin'." "I wonder," said Lavinia musingly.
"Well now, let me take in the clothes an' we'll have a dish o' tea an' a bite and then you shall sing your song." "Yes, and I'll help you with the clothes." Lavinia's offer pleased Betty, and the two were soon busy pulling the various garments and bits of drapery from the lines and gathering from the grass others that had been set to bleach in the wind and sun.