Now gather round and let me tell

the tale of Johnny Wise,

and how his sweet wife Annabelle,

did pluck out both his eyes.

And if I tell the story true,

and if I tell it clear,

there's not a mortal one of you

won't shriek in mortal fear.

Oh pretty little Annabelle,

she thought he loved her so,

but cheating men don't kiss and tell,

though wives, they always know.

She waited til the time was right,

when Dan was fast asleep,

and crept into her drawer at night,

while Danny counted sheep.

And from this drawer she took a knife,

it was a decent size.

She went ahead and took his life,

by gouging both his eyes.

Now let this be a lesson for

those men who have been shown

to always be a messin' with

women who aren't their own.