Old Russian Scholar Song

Waverley went swimming aquas,

Leaving Dorothea at  home.

He took a bundle  of bull bubbles

With him,  not knowing how to swim.

And he dove as best he could,

He  plunged headlong rather.

But the head was heavier than the legs

It remained then  under water.

His wife, having learned of  tribulation

Wanted to make sure by own.

And the legs of her beloved in the pond

She, having seen, turned to stone.

Years passed, that pond dried up.

And the alleys were overgrown with grass

But to this day a pair of legs stick  out

And the skeleton of  Dorothea, alas.