The Mistake
By Almeda Murphy Snavely

When Rast was a young man good looking and smart
He was sweet on a young girl and her name it was Hart
Now this Hart girl had a neighbor, a young married dame
The girls were quite chummy and dressed just the same.

They all went to meeting at the Union one night,
And Rast saw the girls in the churches dim light,
So when they stepped out in the gathering gloom
He politely asked one if he could see her safe home.

Of course he expected a shy little yes,
But instead "you will have to ask my husband I guess".