She didn't live no more than a couple of years after they was wed.

She left a gal behind her, a mighty finelooking gal.
They tell me she's married on young Abe Hanks, I did hear that Abe was thinking of coming west, but them as told me allowed that Abe hadn't got the right kinder wife for the Border.

Polly Hanker they called her, along of her being Polly Hanks, and likewise wantin' more than other folks had to get along with.

See ?" This piece of news woke Daniel Boone to attention.

"Tell me about Jim's gal," he demanded.
"Pretty as a peach," said Neely "Small, not higher nor Abe's shoulder, and as light on her feet as a deer.