When the hamlet hailed a birth\nJudy used to cry:\nWhen she heard our christening mirth\nShe would kneel and sigh.\nShe was crazed, we knew, and we\nHumoured her infirmity.\n\nWhen the daughters and the sons\nGathered them to wed,\nAnd we like-intending ones\nDanced till dawn was red,\nShe would rock and mutter, \"More\nComers to this stony shore!\"\n\nWhen old Headsman[footnote]Executioner.[\/footnote]\u00a0Death laid hands\nOn a babe or twain[footnote]Poetical form of \u201ctwo.\u201d[\/footnote],\nShe would feast, and by her brands[footnote]Burning pieces of wood.[\/footnote]\nSing her songs again.\nWhat she liked we let her do,\nJudy was insane, we knew.\n\n\u2014 1901<\/p>","rendered":"
When the hamlet hailed a birth
\nJudy used to cry:
\nWhen she heard our christening mirth
\nShe would kneel and sigh.
\nShe was crazed, we knew, and we
\nHumoured her infirmity.<\/p>\n
When the daughters and the sons
\nGathered them to wed,
\nAnd we like-intending ones
\nDanced till dawn was red,
\nShe would rock and mutter, “More
\nComers to this stony shore!”<\/p>\n
When old Headsman[1]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0Death laid hands \u2014 1901<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t
\nOn a babe or twain[2]<\/sup><\/a>,
\nShe would feast, and by her brands[3]<\/sup><\/a>
\nSing her songs again.
\nWhat she liked we let her do,
\nJudy was insane, we knew.<\/p>\nCandela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t